
Glass L.3_VL 

Book v-H-fe»4- 



THINGS AS THEY ARE ; 



OR, 



Federalism turned inside out f ! 

BEING A COLLECTION OF 

EXTRACTS 

FROM 

FEDERAL PAPERS, &c. 

AND 

REMARKS UPON THEM, 

QnginaUy written for, andpublishedin the Evening Post. 



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BY THE EDITOR 






^^ that mine enemy had zvritteri a book.'* 



Baltimore ; Printed at the Office of the Evening Poft, 



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TO THE READER. 

The following was prepared for the prefs with a deg»'ec 
of rapidity uhich completely excluded that nice attention 
to compojition expefted to be found in a hook Nor is lei- 
fure allowed to revife or a-r end it It goes to the reader 
with all its imperfe6li ns upon it — refting its chief claim 
to attention on its truth and fidditv, j flijuid have b en 
pleafed had time been given me c^en to read the work o- 
ver again. But th'S is not permitted 

1 would fimply add, that the extraBs are faithfully maie^ 
and I defy the hoft of oppofiiioii to point oi.t a fingle, 
folitary inftance in which 1 have mifquoted their lan^u^gc 
or perverted its meanirg. 



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THE EDITOR 

OftU BaltimQre Evening Pofi, 
BalCtJb]^ 15, 1809, 






Federalism turned inside out f f 



JOB was a wife, as well as a patient man, confcious to the rec« 
titi'de o^ his own heat, he chiefly dvfirtd that hia enemy m'ght 
So far commit hims Uas to reduce hi« cha ges agaait him to v/ri' 
ting ; se' fible that in their contents ■wo\i\6. be found ample mat^ 
ter for their omtn refutation —J )b was perte£l!y right ; and no 
man need wilh {irongft r arguments to prove the turpitude and 
equ'vocation ot the Pickaroon faftion, than are to be f. und in 
tbeir own works, i have taken fome trouble to overhnjilthe 
fpeeches of Ranlo^pb Gardinier, Ac. on a motio^oi^heTor'* 
mer, made at the laft ieflion of Gongr Is. to thank Mr. IM di'on 
for ciofing in with tlie propofiions of htfkine, with so much 
•' promptitude and fr^nknefs ;" aUo to examine i )m^' of the wri- 
tings of vre patriotic snd enlightened <^diiora of the North y^meri" 
can a"d Federal lifpublican, and like wife to "take a peep" into 
the Gazette <..f Mr Hiiwts, who, it ia true, fays little, but makes 
thai lit; le as luicked as be can* 

As a necelT^ry iniroduil'on to the various quotations I propofe 
to lay b.fore my readers^ I hope to be inaulged with a few pa8» 
fing rtmarkj : 

Ever- g ntlt^m-n, the leaft converfant with politics, muft un- 
quettiunabiy lem. moer tnat the uni ed voice ot tht- Federal par- 
ty were rai";e I to p ove, ihac ihe lait adminiltration and its 
fritn^is were fo completely devoted to France^ that they would 
not do any thing which bore the fembiioce &'< juft'cc to England. 
The " inviliblfc h^nd of Napjleon," they afferted, tens ui thon- 
fands of tim-s, impofed and contiru.'d the embargo. Britain 
they declart-d as often, wanted nothing from us but the w/V/ to 
agree wrh her — (he was difpofsd to adjull every e^xifting oiffj:- 
erence on honoiable terms ■■, but ©ur government held back, or de« 
manded fuch conditions as were mcompaible with the exittencc 
of her j>ower, at a time tao when flie was llugglmg to *' preferve 
the liberties ot the world I'' ihefe, and a thoufand other such 
charges, are too fredi on ihe minds of moll men to require a repe- 
tition in this place, I wMh however, to draw the actention o^ 
the reader very clolely to them, that he may be enabled the bet-. 
ter to eiliraate ih« banesl consistency of the " belt blood of the: 
country t'* 

In March lall, Thomas JtfTerlonj^y bis own consent, ceafed to 
be chief magittrate of this great andi/:ee pe pie :— he could have: 
been re.elected, had he dcfirtd it, by tne lafFcages of three tourth': 
ot his fellow-citizei.s, in defpi^e of the prell'urc a^d calemnius oi 
the times* Never, perhaps, wU cur country agiiin be bleflTtd 
With a rule- who fo completely poff»ifles the affeaiDnf of thok 
who may g.ye him the power to aft- The msraory of the good 



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man is fweet ; and proflerity will do arrple jud'ce to his virtues. 
\Vhil« the }'reedon: of theprefsexifts, he vfW have his admirers ; 
and the friends of liberty, m every age, will po nt to the leading 
featu*-es of his td niniUration as the graad defiaeratun of go- 
vern nent. 

Mr. M 'il^n, the f/iend and pupil of ] ffirfon. was elefted to 
the prefidency by those who loved his pred^c ssorino^c ; the peo- 
ple being confident that his Itntiments on queltions of great na- 
tional import, were the iame as thole of the idaftrinus man who 
introduced a lyftem l"o produftive of good to our country.—— ■ 
Mr. Madifon, elteemed for his own talents, and mora' and p iti- 
cal'MilLUlRSfi^us long known as the bofom friend, that able afliftant, 
and chief councillor ol j fTerlon In early life he diftinguiihed 
himielf as a powerful advocate to the caufe for the people — he 
continued to pariuethe fame honorable traft, ard made dai'y ad- 
ditions to his wcli-errned fame. For eight years he ftocd at the 
right hand of J- ffjrlon ; between them waa inanifefttd a congeni- 
ality of foul highly honorable to both : and thole principles which 
broke down the federal party, hurled a BritiOi failion from power, 
and opened 'he h.ppielt proip<;cts to our country and the world, 
by the introdu&ion ol JefF.rlon to the highell honors in the gift of 
the people, triumphantly carried JVJadifon over the heads of the 
oppoliti n, in defpite of a fyftem of falftiood and mifreprefcnta- 
tion unknown to any country but the United Sties of A erica. 
He was lligmatieed as a'' French paitiz-in — a French citizen — an 
advocate for the payment of tribute to France,*' &c. &c. As it 
had been with JefFerfon foit wr^s with him— his whole Icul (if we 
could have believed the Fedcislifis) breathed nothing but hatredto 
England, fubfervience to Franee^ and enmity to commerce. AU 
mort the firil a£l of his adminilti-at'.on gave the lie dire5i to ihefe 
accu rations. 

At the time Mr. Madifon came into power, the embargo— i" the 
reftri£live energy of our country," began to have its fall effc£t in 
Great Britain, againll whom we had lo many and fo grievous 
caul'es for complaint, the ipse dixit of Timothy Pickering to the 
contrary notwiihftanding. The various raw materials n:;cefrary 
to the exiltence of her raanufaclories, by which government itfelf 
is iupported, had advanced to the moll extravagant prices, the old 
stock being ccnl'umed — great difficulties had alio occured in thedil- 
pol'al of thole tabricks her artilU produced, and a Uarving popula- 
tion cried aloud fur Oread. 

From HO other country than the United Staites of America,could 
Great Britain obtain the articles (he wanted— /o no other country 
could (he fend the articles lue deiirei to difpole of. Shut out 
fron Europe by her intrigues and cr:raes, Great Briiam cculd look 
only to us for haval s or's, coiton, lumber^ fiax scedt bread slaffs^ 
Jjfc— -C'/ic balfoi the laboring clala v/ere paupers, as w-ll from 



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the abfolufe lc«»rc!ty of prnvifions p.s from the want of employ- 
ment ; the exig ncies of the times demnded h..'avy taxes from 
the people, while the poor ra'es alone amounted to more ih-^n dou- 
ble the lum of our wh^-le revenu;. The bubble in Spain > atbo-lt } 
the death of Sir Jhn Moore, aid the evacuaiion o- t^^at^ country, 
fank the fpirit nf the nation, a d cauftd the pejple t/'caft their 
eyes towards US, whom they had difregarded whil-.- building cl- 
tles in the air on the continent of Kurope. Mr. Canning's jo'-- 
castic hamor loftened down into comj^lsilance— the cou-try was 
pronounced to be in eminent danger of rui >, and our minilter, Mr. 
Pinckney, again became an cbjedl of fame importance Finally^ 
Mr. Oakley was lent out with propofiti ns to our g vcrnme t 
(iuch as Mr. JrfFerfon h';d declared woa'd be accepted) which 
were gladly enr-bfaced by Madifon. Thole propoliuons.p-edged 
the Britilh government to render latisf, £l,on for the attack >n the 
Cbefapfrakc ; to abandon the orders in council )! J nuary and No* 
ver.ber, 1S07 ; and oadjjft, by a treaty, whatever dfFireoces 
might thereafter have an cxiftente. For acceding to thele te ma 
Mr, Madifon was rulogizid by the Federabfts inth-/ moft extrava- 
gant manner. General Eaton laid he hiid worn the mzsk to ad- 
vantage ; intim-uing that he had turned tail to the P-^rcy who had 
put him in power. 

They alio claimed the glory of the accomodation ; puffed up 
the honor and juftice of bingland to the Ik es ,- calumniated Jcffer- 
fon fjr not mak-ng the lame arrangem r.ts before j lurii^ lo Fae ns 
to Madifon the /'^eM^fo/yr-e /■ ci^e, and played " (u-h fan;altic 
tricks before high heaven as m.ide the angels weep-'* 

All perfons rtj .iced at the profpe£loi harmon/ ; nd though we 
might differ as to the causes which produced it, we were unani- 
raoufly pleaied with the e^e6l. The butii.cfs was done in due 
form. Mr. Erlkine, by the exprels and repeated comsiands of 
" his majat>'s government," fol..mnly ratified the propofrjons we 
agreed to except ; and Mr. AJadifoa, fatishtd with the f.ifurances 
received, with the utmoft «' promitude and franknels" preceded 
to fulfil our part of the engig iient --his proclamation iniJan.ly 
gave wings to commerce, and rtl evvd the trade t: ai.d from G. 
Britain irom every impolition lave only fuch as the general reve- 
nue laws required, from and after thi lo.h of June, liundrt-ds of 
American Vvflels ag. in enlivened the ocean— B;iiain g t a fupply 
of every thing (lie wanted— .A uittia took up arms and term. J a di- 

verfion in her favor on the eontinen;, and — ; -—Erskine s pro^ 

ceedings were disavonued 

Our government cenainly committed one fault. Had they ad > 
hertd even to the non intercourie law until tiicy could have receiv- 
ed informaiion from England as to the points of Mr. Erfkme's ne- 
gociataon thole points would have been recc/griiZsd by her govern- 
ment j and the prelent alurining crifis iivyidcd. But i do not 



Wcme the Prefi:5ent for this ; he had no right to expeft fo grofs a 
perfidy, r lo btlieve that iuch foleran and insportant engagements 
couid v)e violated. 

At prelent it is not my objeft to (liew the perfidv of the Britjfh 
government ;. but todemonttrate the perfidy of fZ-e/r/Jar/y in fhefe 
Uniied States ; and f.m reaOy to brir»g forward quotar ions troin 
their ^wn works to effe6l i% after noticing Randolph's t:m^uj re- 
lol.iiionto thank Mr Madilon for doing '« no more than his duty'* 
in emoracing the propolaU of Bkitam for a reftoration of com- 

inerce. 

In the houfe of reprefentatives,on the feeond day of May lad, 
Mr. John Randolph laid the following rcfolution before Con- 

grtfs :— 

*' Rclolved, that ^he promptitude and franknrfs with which the 
Prcfldent of the United States has met the overtures of the gj. 
vernment of Great Britain towards a reftoration of harmony and 
free commercial intercourfe between the two nations, meets the 
approba ion of this houle." 

I'liK objeft ofthis motion inftantly became evid*Ht. The inten- 
tionof the mover, and his fupporters. was to draw adiftin£lion be- 
tweei- the policy of the last and the present adminitlration. If we 
can believe the repeated afl'ertions of MelFrs. Jefferlon and Madi- 
fan, no fuch dilbriiion . had ex.tled. Madifon, the friend oi the 
emdiircro, acceded to lu h overtures of the Britifli government as 
Mr» j' fferlon would have agreed to had they been made unto 
him. Bur, by b'..dermining the character of the latier, it was ho- 
ped the re[ ublJcan pirty inighi be Ipfit inco fchil'ms, und lome 
chance be cfForded to men ot othtr principles to aflume the reins 
of the government. 

1 he Marplot (Randolph) party in Congrefs, with all the Fede- 
talhiiy and a few others, l'u|)ported this motion — they pyinted, m 
glowing colors, the rnDgnunimiry and jullice of the B itilh gov rn- 
rr.ent while they heaped the moll fuiioms encomiums upon the 
Prelident of the United States for his prompt attention towards 
the coraniercial interelts of his country. Trie tale of ' French 
influence,' for a moment, was buried under the dcfigi s of the 
party ; Madifon, ' the Iriendand reltorer of commerce,' was the 
theme of exultation ; and JcfFu-rfon, the friend of the embargo, 
the object of their hate. — The republican menbers of Congreis ; 
the tried and encicnt Iriends of the lad and prel'ent Prtfidcnt, faw 
throu^l) -he numcejvre, and defeated the ii.igiiious inteniion.— 
They rtj -iccdas much as others that theobjttt they bad fo long 
coniei.dtd ibr was obtained, but were very certain that if any cre- 
dit was duei it belonged not t^ James Madii'on, as President^ ot the 
United Slates, but grew out ot tiic measures adopted under his 
prcde'-ciTor in oliice ; and when the vole came to be taken^ true 
TO Uitir principles, refuled to make a dilimdiua between the ad« 



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miniftratioBS, certainly believing :,hat the great rules of conduift 06 
the one, would afford a general guidance for the proceedings of 
the ther. 

With theie intiodu£lory remarks, I dial! proceed to the extraflg 
from the fpeechts and papers allud d to— accompanying :hem wi.h 
fuch explanatiois ard refledlions as may appear C/nducivc to the 
objeft propoied — to wit : of fhewing the aijominable iaconri{l'.n« 
cy ard perverlenefs of the federal party, comparing their toiraer 
profeffions with their prefent dviclarations and praAice. 

According to my or ginal plan. I (hall now proceed to ofFer a 
body of extrads from our Federal papers and I'peeches, to fliew the 
incotififtency, and in pudePiYe of the ♦ Britifti party ia America.'—. 
Though I have Ipent a confiderabie deal of time aid labor to col- 
lect, traricribe and arrange thele extra£ls, I feel confcioas the ex« 
p lure will not be fo complete as it might be made, if my files 
were more penet^. Perhaps, however, there may be enough to 
fatisfy a reasonable man ! 

The rogues are props rly to be laffied by their own abfurdities. 
To (hew that I have made them faithfully, 1 invite all perions to 
look at the original popeisfrom wnich they are taken. 

We ccmmence with the following extracts from Mr. Gardi" 
nier*s ipeech on Randolph's moti.n for approving or the ' prompt!" 
tudc and franknels' with which Mr. Madifon accepted the propo- 
fiticns of the Britilh minifter Erik ne. 

•• This tree, from which we expected to gather only tha f.uitof 
bitternefs and iorrow, is already yielding us fruit far difF^reRt— . 
gladnels and unipeakable joy. To fpeak in the language of the 
refoiution, ' the prompttude and frank lets with which the Freli* 
dent has met the overtures of Great^ritain,' while they receive 
the applaule and the gratitude of the nation,call notlefs imperioufly 
for SB unequivocal exprefTion of them by this Houle," 

*• I muft fay that 1 do like the words ^ itromptUiide and frank' 
nets* the compliment they convey is highly merited, as 1 (hall 
endt-avur to prove.'* 

*♦ For biinging about this (late of thingg, I yield my hearty ap> 
probation to the Prtfident of the United States ; and I believe 
that when none of us could lee the end of our troubles, the Prefi- 
dint was lecretly condudliiig us to the late happy refults '* 

" But at laft that ftateof things originally propoicdh^ Great 
Britain, has been brought about, both as ic rcgjrds the eqiiality 
conieridtd for, and as regards the alTurance of iciiftance denied.--, 
The proclamation being removed, a fair a-ijudmcnt could meet 
with no impediment from that caule. And ii. ia a melancholy fa£r. 
in this reipecl there never "MOuld have been an imfitdimem^ it iiit% 
goveriment had beer\ wil'bg to d? orig-Dallv wr.u"; it bad at last 
consented ss dg/' 



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« It i« for the promptitude and franknef* W'th which the Prefi- 
dent met this overtBre, that I tha. k him molt cordially in behalf 
O! my c >un:ry, I approve it m ft hear i!y.'* 

* Ard it is now in pro t before us, &s I have always faid and 
contended, th>it NuTHii^Gwas Wint'ng but a proper fpirit of con- 
ciliarion— nothing but lair a-.d honorable de.i'ing on the part of 
THIS court >y, to bring to a happv ilTue all tht ficlUious difference* 
between tfc))s country and Great Britain ; and that is now acknow- 
ledged u> b= true, tor fuy ng which,! have been fo rmuch ceniured 
— ccnfurcd, becaule it tuitt:d the purp les of fome people, to at- 
tribu e tD me a confidence in the jultice of the Biitifti government, 
w. ich did not become an American citlz'^n." 

" Tile Prehdent very properly relying upon the aflurances of 
the Bri i(h m-.nifter, that the edifts of Great Britain would have 
been Huitbdru'vjn on or before the i®thof June then next, authori- 
feJ a rene^val of in ercourfe after that day." 

The preccc'ing abounds with eiil gies on the magnanimity, the 
henor, ;ii d the jull'ce of the Britifh government — extols MadifoH 
to the fk:es rcr his dtfire to preferve pt^ac-^ and promote commerce} 
and ctniue?, J fTerl" n as a bafeand ur^principled being, by pafxtive. 
I3' declaring that all the impediments to an arr.icable adjullment, 
had f xiittd in our cwn goveri;ment. Look ai it I Gardinier was 
one f the moft luily bellowers about •• French influence'' — ibis 
influence prevented us from adjufting our diff. rences with England I 
iVl;.< ilvn (h 'pk it off, and what has foibwed ? He depended oa 
Bt'ttisb faith — he « peied the intercourfe.and has been deceived ! 
1 he Ifcte d iavowal f Erlkine's engHgements, plainly puts down 
the "excellent Mr. Gadmier" ns ^ fool znd false prophet^ and 
gives a plump lie to all his fine ih plod.es about his beloved G, 
Britain as well as to all his W'cked infinuations lefpefting *• French 
ii.ftucnte " How pitiful the miferable creature looks Irom this 
painting o' himlclf. 

Nmv let us underftand how Mr. Fickman, another ''highly fe- 
deral" member of Congrels " coifid.:r'd'' the bufmefsi See his 
l^-eech ill the hcufe of rtpreftntasi' es, June 27, 

"' Bdt that [ hw ou r.g- on the Chefapeuk J was now atoned. 
I curii'Jer thit the orders m council arc repealed. 1 coijiid;r thefe 
thin 9 as do] e, bt^caule 1 confider the FAixa ot the Britilh natioa 

88 S' LEMNLT PLi DGED todo thtm." 

♦' i Jtclar>. tha i luch modificTtior [js contained in the order in 
ccunci! of Ap^il z6j .s tu be conlid: red ;s rcsctidtng the orders, ac- 
cord i.g .0 tuc stipulatiors of Mr Eiskme, I Ihouid consider it as 

I fhvtuid like to know how Mr. Pickman ' considers' thefe things 
Bitb/sutue. The outrage on the Cndapeake //«<;< atone.' for — 
the orde.i m ^.ouncil arc not relcinded ; and iixt faith of the B itilh 
nutioii) 5.8 lolcranly pledged, is not worih a Straw. Tlie-jum* 



pointers generally tell us that by the disavoma^ * no nffOi daufe ,dE 
complaint is afforded.' To be deceived — bafcly deceived— t* 
expofe our property and failors to the mercy of robbera and mea-- 
stcalers, on the most soletnn pledges of fafety, and of justice, it 
nothing, Tha bumajie Castlereagh, the honest Dandag, and sincere 
Mr. Canning can never Ao wrong ! 

Left my friend Jacob Wagner, who believes himfelf the moft 
important being nn this fide of the moon, fliould think he is flight- 
ed, I (hall thus early in my work introduce him with all his » blufli* 
ing hoHFos thick upon him* — I yN\{\ honor him by giving his asser" 
iion of a faft on the i8th of July, and pronounce him worthy of 
double honor for his pofitive denial of its truth.thirteen days after* 

'* Sophiftry i* bufily at work in the democratic' papers to (hew 
that the accommodation with England is the reiult of demo- 
cratic plans that is to fay, of the Embargo and Non-Inter- 

courl'e law. If this could be made to appear, it would fo far ab- 
fclve their authors from the ruin and fuflerings impoled by thofe 
laws, as to prove that they had fome eff't£V. But the common fenfe 
of the people is proof againft the dehssion, who arc pcrfuaded that 
what was fo eafily effected [Mr. Erikine's arrargemcnt] in April 
laft might have been done long before, and the nation been thers* 
by faved from the humiliation of retiring from the exercife of itc 
rights upon the ocean, as well as the immenfe lofs it has fuffered^ 
and continues to luftain in the decay and depreciation of its pro- 
duce. Every reflefting mind lees this at once nor does it re- 
quire any circuitous argument to be convinced, that a perlevering 
and ardent oppofition to thefe democratic juggles, and not a volun« 
tary abandoRment of them, broke the Embargo,and placed France 
and Great Britain upon that equal footing, which the latter 

TS^NlFOKMLY DECLARED WOUld Jnduce her to COMPROMISE. 

*' Sincere and general as has been the joy fpread by the return of 
a good underftanding wich England, will be the indignation, wheR 
at no diftannt day, a calm review of the fnares which h»ve been 
laid to entrap our peace, and extinguilh our proiperity will una-* 
voidable infpire. The current of the difapprabation of this con*, 
fpiracy is not at a ftand— it has much greater progrets to make—" 
nor will it ftop until it places an infuperable bar againft even the 
afpiring party, which, till lately, has lorded it without oppofitio© 
over the ftate of Maryland**' North American, July 8. 

Here follows the lie direft to the above — 

«« WE [Jacob Wagner & Co.] HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 0% 
OPINION THE DISAVOWAL [of Mr. Erikine's arrange- 
ments] WOULD TAKE PLAGE." ibid July % i. 

In the firft of ihefe extrafts we difcover Jacob's opinion that 

tlie things which were lo *• easily effeSied^ in April might have 

been done long before ; as Great Britain would always have 

* comppomifed" with ue^ if placed on an «» e^tnai footii)^** witk 



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i?f»pc€' TniswAsAtLsWE WANTED. The tMngs wlikli'jacolr 
irv, s were fo ' eafily tfTciled'' were, iatisFaf^ion fer the oatrage 
or th« Chef!»peake ?nd a relinqu'i{hm«tnt of the orders in councU tfi' 
pledged by Mr, Ersk'ne. N^w what was " so easily efFcMed^'' in 
Mr. VVi^.'cr'fi rp nion on the 8th of July, it feems, by H» publi- 
cation vf the zjft o^ the fame month •hen vias rtidtf/way/ hadbeen 
his ophn.-n, WOULD NEVER BE EFFECT BD. 

To reconcii*: theie two articles would require amonth'sJawJ«^ 
of 8 rep'mitnt of lawyers, vhcogh Luther (i had hke to have laid 
Lpcifer") r.imfelf were their colonel. Bump thy head, Jr.cob, to 
drivt wit unto thy brains, and attemptif— or by ihe beard o^ Han- 
Ion (ikis is -aotatb) 1 wllj put thee down a^ a lelf«convifted, long 
eared bawler j pi.d declare, that though thou maye'ft " frighten a 
hsrse^' by the ugly noit'e which thou makeft, ytt no rattonmhQmg 
Ihall be drive n out of his curfe by a dilplay of thofe talents whicli 
fit thet for secretory of state / 

I will no\\ prove from the federal Republican and other * att- 
iboti'ies.^ thai Mr. ^^acilon is oriC of the moft bonest men br>iath« 
ir-g, ai'd that the Britifh government have alwa'.^s, & at all times, 
been difpoikd to couciiiate their differences with uSj and render U8 
juft-fe-— *.- 

♦' B.caufe he [Madifon] accepted the terms from the Britifh 
jniniOry wh'ich there was not the leaft opening f^r him to rejtd, he 
is charged with havi'-g been rfw/;^^ by the B i'llh Miniiier, and 
jdef^r-.yed the relpt£iability and iafety of the cc^untry. It is im- 
p iTble for an bmest man [[Vladifon] to be loved by rogues and 
raicals.^'* 

]\i<.ny republican cit'zens Wieved Mr. Madifon had accepted 
the prcpcfals of the Biiti'V* g(ivenimt'nt with too much 'prompti- 
tude ard IVarkrefs,' or rather, had ifTued his pro; lama. ion iv.r the 
reQoration of interci^urle too so n. The above is in reply to an 
article of that ^ird from the Whig. S:e Fed. Rep. June ij. 

*' In bri g-ng about this iUte ot things [an accommodation with 
pngliuf^j 1 yield my hearty approbation to the Prefident of the 
Lnitfd Sta'tSv" Gardinier or Randolph's motion. 

»■ He [iVIaJifon] has hi» country's good^too much at heart to 
ruin her by an unnecclTary war With England, or by making hira« 
felt a tool oF the French in£licn,'* Fed. Rep. July 14. 

*• Git:at Britain ever arxitjus for a good underlhnding with A- 
irerica, and determined to renew ccmmercial inierccurie with us, 
whenever it could be dofie without ia< nficing her honorjimmediatc 
iy entered the door ef negociation thus opened [the non-inter- 
ccuric law.") Mr. MadHon received the overtures of the Briulh 
miuifler-^A'itha Ci.rrelpondentdiipofition to reconcile our unfortu- 
nate dUputc — Thetaith of each nation was pledged, commerce was 
reilorcd between England and the U. State*; ar.d the happy efFe«ils 
ot an amicable, arrangement was inftantly telt and acknowledged 
throughout the Union." ipidjuly laf. 



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«* We have great reaion tn indulge the hope of realizng thofi* 
views farifing from a revival of comm'^rre] from the nrompr and 
amicable (^ilpofir ion, with which it is underlood the present Fede- 
zal adminiftratian met the conciliatory overtures of Gveat Hritatn 
—A 4't^pofition which is entitled to, & will certainly receive the 
ijearry approbation of every one who liscereiy love* the peace and 
^roiperity of the nation/' 

Gore's ipeerrh to the Legiflature of Maflachufetts at their 
laft ieffion. 

" The prefent adminiftration of the General government han ^ 
liad the <wi^dom to difcern, pnd patriotism to commence a coiarfe if 
•policy rei'pefting oar commerce and foreign relations, which is 
calculated to promote the protperity, and to fecure the peace and 
independcice of oar country,'* 

Anfwer of the Houfe of Reprefentatives of Maffac4>ufett«^ 
to Mr. Gore's addrefs, June 14, 

«' The prompt acceptance by the Federal adminiftration of the 
conciliatory overiures o^ Great Britain, which opened the door 
for the removal of thefe gri< voujs embarrafTmePts,. by which thein» 
Kfiultry and enterprize of our cirigens have fo long bpcn paralized» 
sneets the (ipprohaiion and will enlure the support of tkii common'* 
wealth, Anfwer ot the Senaia, June iz. 

** The government of Great Britain is accul'ed of treachery, and 
it is faid (he never will make a treaty or behave honorably and 
.fairly towards this country until ftie is difpofed to make a peace 
with France. The reconciltation ivith England i* a bitter pill to 
many of our democrats." Fed. Rep. June xo. 

On the 29th day of April, • his majefty in council* iffued an or« 
der refcinding in part, or modifying his former orders, for regutd' 
ting the coroaaerce oi neutral and hidependem nations. Many per* 
ions fuppofed that this order embracul (i 1 the dcfign of tha Bri- 

tifh rainiftry) the whole engagtmects of Mr. Er&ins. Mr. E. 

promptly allured our govdrnment that laid order had no reference, 
to the arrangements entered into, inalmuch as it did not come 
up to tiie proyilions his majeily had authoristd him to make-— bat 
before luch affarance was given the tollowJog editorial article apa 
peared in the federal Gaztfe of the iSth ot Jane— 

*^ AMERICA AKD GREAT BRITAIN. 

** A morning paper attempts, mult vaifly attempts, to impelc a 
belief that the British Order: publiined to day is the relcinding pro- 
ffliiied by Mr. Erfkiie, and in cor.lequ2nce oi wh'ch promil'e the 
Prefi'.ent opened the intercourfe v/ith England. N iW aitlio* the 
Editor of that paper every day cnes out - g ve us light !* yet he 
plainly (liews an unconqueraiie averfion to what little agut he al- 
^aready poiTelFes* Evevy bj>dy knows that in conlequ ;nc2 of the cn» 
gag.^men*. of the Britilh mmifter, that his government will have 
.removed their ofFeufive ordtrs jii the lOth of June, the Prefident 
-^ued his proclamation, daud >^r// ;if»e/^f »/^, removipg cb^ lgs4 



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ieftti£IIons on our trade with England ; a proclamation which dH 
EngUQi-hatera hate. This new order is dat'sd April a6, no merer 
than seven days after the proclamation. Therefore it could not 
hvft been that which Mr. ErQcine promifed. Ic was a spontatieouf 
aSt, or it wa» procured by Mr. Pinkney on the Ipot, without any 
referenc3 on the pledge of Mr. Erfkine. THE PLEDGE OF A 
BRirisH MINISTER, MUSP BE REDEEMED ; and io will 
this of Mr.Erfkine. Every well diipofed citizen waits with pa- 
tience the anl'wer to the American and to Mr, Erflcine's difpatchr 
•fi,lent out in confequencs of the arrangements made at Walliing- 
ton in April. If the Britifh government refufe to perform that 
•which the reprefentatives of thi King of England has promiled 
hen might we reprobate and wage war againfl that country.— — 
tfS«ch aftate of things is not likely to enlueaod here is the caufe of 
lome men's vexation, and the partial degradation of the prefs." 

From this it evidently appears that even /r/VM6?5^o/.n was willing 
to lay by his iwaver and unbury the baicbet, if the -Britilh govern- 
ment (kould be lo bale as to * refufe to perform that which the re- 
prelentatives of the king of England has promifed,' Wbat dosi 
tbou think noiOt neigbhor He'wes f The tune is turned, from 
^arp loJlQt. 

*" The Prefident has made a good ufe of it [the non.intercourfe 
law] I repeat it, therefore, I thank him for the promptitude and 
franknefs with which he has afttd,'* 

[Gardiner*s fpeech on Randolph's motion. 
«*Itis not the Bmbargo that has done it — Nothing was wanting 
but a proper fpirit of conciliation nothing but fair and honorable 
dealing on the part of this country to Great Britain." [ibid. 

The foregoing extrafts, (and if m«re are wanting I have a huD« 
.ired in pcffefTion) abundantly ftiew us the faith of the Fe^^ral' 
^its'm the honor andjuftice of the BritxQi governraent,and that,/or 
Home reason or otber^ they agreed to fupport Mr. Madii'on as a per- 
feaiy bonest man. In my next article on this fubjeft I propofe to 
yeview thefe ext/afts, and while I wbip tbe rogues^ to laugb a$ 
friend Hcwef; who^ exhausted with writing about forty lilies, or 
trerr.bling at what he had written, has cuft me the labor of exam» 
ining his whole file of papers without finding a line on the fubjeft 
of our foreign relations of a fubfequent date to the on^ above 
quoted. I have however, iome curious things trom Mr. Hewes* 
pen which I propoie to introduce for the amufement of my rea- 
ders, particularly \x\s celebrated BiXixdQ on the* triumph of Federal" 
ism,^ in Mr Madifon's accedence to the propofiiions of Erik-ne. 

« Second thoughvs,' it is faid, *• are i'ometimes the beft'; and I 
have conclucd to go on with the extra£ls, rather than interrupt the 
•fcainof thcraby any lengti.y remarks. 

Mv laft body of extrads went chiefly todifplay the exalted chs- 
TiQfitT oi ]ame% Mixdiicn, * the restorer of commerce^* as drawn by 
Mk^x%\ bandfl'-U)e mvfivis of theii aduii»j,i9n Ihall hereafter be 



Botlced* I now propoie to introduce a few 6ig6 authorities fa 
give additional proof oi the tory faSl that Hritaia was a' ways 
difpoled to render us juftice, and gladly embracc^d the honorable 
opportunity we gave her to do it. Hear Mr. Gardinier— 

" When thefe three impediments — [a pledge of refubnce of the 
Berlin decree ; the prefident's prodaojation exclading BritiQi ftiips 
of war from oar harbors on account of ths murders on the Che- 
iapeake, anl other outrages, and the embargo] were rem ived.and 
thet/^orwtf/ fairly opened [by the non-imcrcoutfe law* as ftated 
by Erlkine] Great Britain walked in and ofF.red to the Prefident 
of the United Statts that finca WE HAD DONE ALL THAT 
SHE COULD REASONABLY DESIRE, and we did nothing 
more, that ilie was wjling to do all ws could realbnably deCre." 

Gavdmier on Randolph's motion. 

There we have Gardinier*s pofitive affertion that we did every 
thing Great Britain could reasonably defire to promote ao acconn. 
Ihodation— .WHAT then are her PRE3ENT demands? Of 
what complexion is her late reqiiifitiona ? Tones ansvier the question f 

Mr. Gardmier, after noticing certain parts ot alpeech delivered 
by Lord Grenville in Parliament, and quoted by M. Filk, in which 
Grenvilleexprcfied an opinion that the Britifli orders in council 
became * unlawful when the Britilh government refuted the offer 
of the American miniUer* [to repeal the embargo, as it regarded 
Great Britain] declared— 

" I have oa this floor laid, that the orders in council were aU 
ways JUSTIFIABLE— I hold it my duty to exprefs ray opinion* 
without tunning or difguifc." 

Various other quotations might be made (rom Gardinier's fpeech 
to ftrengthen the fentiments expofed in the preceeding extraft.— » 
The fum and fubftance of the whole is this — that the Inft admini* 
ftrationhad no defire to accommodate our differences with Britain 
—that the Britilh government was always wiling to meet us ful« 
ly half way— that by the non-intercourfc law we h d done ell tb^t 
Britain desired,hy placing France on the fame footing as herlelf 5 
andfhe,in return,had done tvsry tMngiue could reasonably demand. 
And, that Madif'on ought to be thanked for his dilpofuion to do 
fustice to Great Britain, and his duty to the United States. 

^^ Is not this [fuspending military preparations] conne6led with 
their refufal to pafs a voLe approving of Mr. Madifon's condu^ 
in the negociation, and many oth^r circumftances, fufficjent to la- 
tisfy the people that the oijjed of the late Prefident ai:d his party 
was to plunge the country into a war with Great Britain, and that 
they are fecretly vexed at the late amicable arrangement. 7belf 
schemes bave been defeated by the moderation of the BritisHT. 

MINISTRY and of Mr. Madifon WE HAVE NO LONGER 

ANY CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT AGAINS P HER [Greac 
Britain] Fed. Rep. July i. 

Here we have it— *ho6 and heavy* enough t— jeSerfon and hi» 



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fri?n<i's ''".eV ins; war with Great Britain — f though be had off'eredthQ- 
terms wh en i*^e Britifh rniniltry authorised Mr Filkine \^ propose 
to Mr. N>aciii"iin as the baies of a good underltanding) — the mode- 
ration of the Briiifti miniftry— and the etitire removal oS. evhr^ 
CA'J.<E r R COMPLAINT? This is the « cap sbeaf oi \wxiX.z rotunditye 

But wh^r lay iheie feliowi no'^af I ihall hereafter give other 
cxt arts I om their papers, to prove their consistency , 

Hen c>>jn%s Johnny Randolph, riding on ipleenj and lacerated 
by dibppcintment — let us hear him— 

*• Trade with Great Britain is unlhackled— her fhips are ad- 
mitted. Trade with France is forbidden, and French (hips are ex- 
cluded. New in the natrii of common fenfe tohae more could Mro 
C.'inniig h'.mfelf want than to produce this very ItrikJng change in 
the relations between the two countries ? Things are reverted—. 
Ha'.ii^-l| 'i's fpetch on his motion f:>r a vote ot appi; batioiie 

Randolph was endeavoring to fhew that the accomTaodating dif. 
pcfiri n fid not grew cut of the embargo, but from the non^inter- 
ccurfe lavv_and chat &.ngland has lolt nothing in honw or intereft 
by repealing the orders in council—this repeal being a matter ef 
eourse as loan as we placed the two belligerents upon the iame 
footing. 

Randolph has for fome time pall been amoni^ the mod clamor- 
ous about ' Fren h influence,* and alfo the moft outrageous in his 
eulogies upon Britifli judice. I Ihould like to know what he 
thinks of tile la" er now. Mr, Canning, he lays, obtained every 
thing he vventtd ; yet Mr. Canning will adhere to his orders in 
counc I— is Mr Canning then Just I 

«• The authority vested in Mr. Erskine to offer the terms to this govern- 
ment vl.ich have been acctd-dto, was merely provisional and was not to be 
exercised unless ihe anticipated changqi in our political relations, on which 
they were predicated, should take place. Mr. Erskine hag since received 
positive insiruclionb horn his government to make the arrangement already- 
concluded. IhQst nevs instructions which manifest the fa; we*^ desire of Eng- 
land to heal liiediflL-rences between the twc» countries, a-.-r occasioned by 
kn'-wLd|^e tliat tlu* non-intercourse law had actually paS3ed,placing the bel- 
li{,-erent3 on a (air footing of impartial it)'. In spite of all the intrigues an(J 
d.ception-} of the French party we are convinced that a happy terminatio* 
will be put to our disputes with EHgland.*' 

red. liep. June 1"/, on tUe British o^^er in council of April 26. 

The above Is what I call a « neat article j' it speaks so fully f>!>r itself that 
comment is ncodlfss. 

•' They [the diderences with Great Britain] might have been so rhonor- 
ably] ad.iustef. at any time since JefferSvin bLcame President, if he h;id not 
been anx.ou:* toinv.lvo tlie two countries in war— that we are not on the 
Ti.ftsi friendly terras with that nation, is owing to a French philosopher and 
»}<renchr.ct.on.' North American, July 25. 

How IS tins' Atierthe^/frtwwc/ was known in Baltimore, to Rabble a- 
bout •Frend, Philt.sophcrsaud French faction ;' Upon my word I know not 
how t'> understand it. I'll think and speak of it hereafter. 

If the declarations of the federalists are to be reg^irded' as any thi»^ I 
think I have lully proved, that the present administration is comnosej'of 
th- most /-oflf^f men m Uie world as welUs of the most decided /„>«(/* rf 
^m7tt«rcc anJJrce trade. Of these ilunijs I liad jjut little queatiou on my 



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■joiintt, havrng-, Ibr a long tfme past, considered Mr. Ma(M30T> ap aprord onl^ 
to his illustrious predecessor, the great, the beloved, the vo-eiatcd Jeflljr- 
son ; but to liave my opinion confirmed by the united opinion cT those who 
had branded him &3 a. Frenchman, zealous to pay friiH* o Eona»a"te, and 
render the United States subservient to his gigantic desip^rs of extended 
dominion, anJ the sworn enemy of commercial er.crprize, was a gre t pomt 
gained ! — They who had opposed his el ction with ev -ry ersrine wh'cU false- 
liood could engender — calumny bring forth, or i>e. uniary means give i ur- 
rency to, wiieeled 'right about,' and declared />«f«f bla)}^, that as th- itpub' 
iicans h^ddeaeried, they would stipport him,- having found themselves a. 

greeablv disappointed in their opiiwcn of the principles ! * Here was a 

breeee !'~Let's have an extract or two by way ot a relis.h, before we go any 
further : 

"The President can have no otAer motive In honesty and policy (and, 
we trust he is fettered by no engagement) but to administer tins Federal 
Republic upon Federal Republican principles. Fed- Rep, June 1. 

This U the conclusion of alengUiy article in which the writer atte;npts to- 
snake manifest the saperiority of tlie/'re«t';jt over ihe past administration. 

Again—— 

«• That Mr. Madison does not wish to embroil us in war with England, me 
are noxo thoroughly convinced— ^^ Mr, Madison Will soon agree witli US vhat 
the noisy brawlers tutth •whom he has hithekto acfed, are r>ot Influenced by a 
desire to advance tlie happiness and glory of America, and are unfit to fee 
trHsted with power — -the rallied remnants of the JEFFERSOl^ 
r ARTY cry o\:t for war with England." fed Rep June 13. 

The above ir from an article intended to calm the irritati-.n ot the publio, 
produced- by i!ie British order in council of April 16, in respect to which, it 
must be remembered by all, Mr. Erskine made an explanatory cominusiica- 
tion to our government, and, upon fresh instructions, renewed the pledges 
*iE HAD therefore MADE. In this, we have />roo//>o*/f i^e that 'Vlr. Wadi- 
son had become a good Federalist — he had abandoned tl»e ' notsy braiuiers 
nvith whom he had acted'— he had ceased to love those principles, or che- 
rish those men who had inducted hitn to office— he was no longer swayed by 
4he opinions of three-fourths of the people, of whom the Democracy oi these 
states is composed— they were * noisy brawlers,' seeking the desiruction of 
feemselves and their country, and ' unfit to be trusted luith /owcsr/— beiag 
* their own worst enemies,* and requiring some frail, hnite creaUire like 
themselves, to prevent them from « playing the mischief!' lis was the 'loci' 
against which the ' roUied remnants of the yefferson party' were to beat—i/'e 
was the individual who was determined to oppose the opinion and advice ot • 
all his "nearest ana dearest friends — he had kicked his forfner p'incipks out of 
doors, and sought netu »nes from the dogmas of Pickering, Hamilto.i tud. 
Ames I — and was about to administer the governmeni ' on Federal republican 
principles,' as Hamilton and Pickerings in the na7ne of Mr. Aaams, lor ' a 
reign of terror'' had done I 
More yet 

*' It was the policy of Mr. Jefferson to keep aMve in tlie minds of our 
people, a perpetual irritation against the government of Great Britain, we 
are happy to find that Mr. Madison has more liberal views." • 

Fed Rep, June 10. 

"We have many reasons to tomplain of France, and NONE TO COM- 
PLAIN OF GREAT BRITAIN they [ihe Democrats] are co.rtriviiig 

plans to defeat the amicable intentions of Mr. Madisan in relation to Great 
Sr.tamr lb d. 

He ewe have /f^^rsos and the Demacrata fif;hlin^ against Maanon, 
AXkA Madiscn lathering away at Jefferson and the Democrats ! A dc:s« 
perate combat. Jacob Wagner, tat fit indn^-eaguire saw things in tiie 
sanne light. Listen to hitn 

•« Tlie party [republican] are opposed to accomtnodation [with England] and 
secretly to the President also, whom they suspect of JjElNGr THE CAJsE 
OF ir." North /imerican, June 1). 

Wjoiss arid WQrse, by the /itttrioiism ef Arnold-si-«i PiSkeringl Tii& 



ISpvjblicans " secretly liated Madison, and atraost determiEed to tur» 
him out, because he chiefly p'^^otnoted that accommodation Tvhich 
Mr. Warner said he had always been bis opinion had not been 
made !♦' Riddle me, fiddle me thi».'* " If a man does a thing 
which you are certain has not been boke, WHAT DOES HE !'~^ 
Put by thy pomposity, printek' to Pickering, and solve me the ques- 
tion. Here you say or insinuate the pr sident cadsed the accorrmo- 
dation — in a paper a tew days later date, you ar.sert you always had 
believed that what he bad caused to be done, had not been done ! May 
the genius of TVieralism assist thee out of the hobble .' — Sumnton the 
«» First oj lawyers — call in 5e//a/-~consult with Gardinier, lake coun- 
cil of the vcn arable EUick, and let Livermore " give an opinion on the 
case," while Haroer end-favors to " unravel the clue *» and perhaps 
you may be able " legally*' to prove that a ♦' thing is and is yoT*/"— p 
Alas poor Jac;:b I 

No sooner was it known that the British ministry had found it eon' 
venient to disavow those solemn cngagemtnts, which, under a dif" 
ferent state of things, they had authorized Erskine to make, than eve- 
ry effort of /awi/er cunning, Federal ingenuity 'and tory impudence 
was enlisted to exonerate them fronn all blame in the transaction ; 
end, if possible, to cait the odium of the ■villainous btisinesa on the 
governm.ntot the United Statts. A little while since it was the 
policy of these men to extol the character of Madison ; it is now 
their policy to abuse him. To carry into effect either object, the most 
palpable lies a^;d gross misrepresentations have been resorted to, as 
Jkas been and shall be proved by extracts from their own writings. 

The Federalist , generally, in congress, who spoke on Randolph's . 
motion for thanking Mr« Madison for the frankness with which hs 
met the propositions of Erskine as well as Erskine himself, admit- 
ted that the negociation grew out of the non^interccrurse law, I agree 
that this law was embraced by Erskine as a firttexty while 1 contend 
that the real cause of his being instructed to offer any propositi!;ns at 
all, must be sought for in Camftbell s famous report, somv-times called 
by way ol eminence *' The second declaration of Independence," 
adopted by a large majority of Congress early in the session of 180i 
—9, as well as in part to circumstances in Sfiain» This report pledg- 
ed the United States to resist the operations of the British orders and 
French decrees ; and was, indeed, a noble conabination of worJs— an 
instrument which would have done honor even to that congregation 
of talents and patriotism, which, in seventeen hundred and seventy 
six, solemnly decreed the birth of a nation, and pledged their livesj 
their fortunes and their sacred honor, to establish its independence. 

On the thirtieth day of January accounts were i eceived in London of 
the battle of Corunna, the d'.ath of Sir John Moore, and the tvacua* 
tion of Spain— On the /Afrcf of February " Campbell's report'* was 
first placed in the hands of the British mmistry— a day or two ajtcrm 
vards it was understood that a special messenger was about to be sent 
with important disfiatches to the United Stages, and on the aixth or ae- 
vinth of that rnonih, Mr. Oakley was anno need as the intended bear- 
er ot them. Let us mark the dates. Who is idcot enough to be- 
lieve that the insidious thing called Erskine's instructions} of a date 
antecrdeiit to either of those events, afforded the ground work for l?h** 
propnreitions of the Sritisk plcn'tpotentiury / 



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But this is rather diverging from the point — 1 want now to 
prove fioin federal a.uthorh\ , ihul [he ' aniical)le ai i diigernent' 
WAS the eflbct of Federal Exertions Perhaps, afterwards, I may 
amuse myself by proving iVom the some orlhodnx sources that 
ihty iverc not . For, in truth, from' a file of ' waimly Federal' 
papers 1 can prove any thing, save that the editors are honest po- 
liticians, and friends of their country. 

We have already seen the opinion of both branches of the Le- 
gif=lature of iVJassachnsetts, as Avell as that ol (Joveroor Gore, on 
this subject ; tlicy attributed the changes in our conuriei gial re- 
lations not to the patriotic dispositions of Madison, but to their 
own oppirgnation to the laws of the Union On the 22nd of May 
last, the k ederalists of the city of New York, held a meeting, and 

" Resolved, that in the oj)iniou of this meeting the important 
change thus produced (by Mi'. Ersicine's engagements on the part 
pr his government) in the state of our foieign relations, has been 
ellected by the constant and unceasing exertions of the people a- 
g'Jnst the unnecessary and oppressive system of policy adopted by 
tfie late administration," 

At another meeting of the 'disciples of Washington' as they 
were called, consisting of the British and Scotch agents of that 
city, as well as sojne native Americans, held in the same [jlace, 
on the 24th day of April, the following resolution was adopted — ■ 

" Resolved, that in our opinion, the present promising apjjcar- 
ance oi'our aiTairs, is owing to the diff7:ifted 6c pat/ioltc opposition 
of tiie ruinority in Congress, supported by the enlightened and 
honest of our nation ; and not the wisdom or prudence of our 
ndministratton " 

How is this. Madison's iv'sdoin to discern, and patriotism to 

pursue the true interests of bis country, we are told, chiefly ef- 
fected the arrangemei)t with Erskine! Let us hear what the 'Field 
marshal of Federal editors' the patriotic /aa^er Coleman of New 
Yor, says on this subject. See his observations on the letters 
of Erskine, in v. Inch he speaks of the nor. intercourse law as having 
placed the belligerents on an equal footing. 

" Look at the files of this paper for a twelvemonth ; you will 
find it insisted upon that Great Britain wished for an adjustment 
of difierences. and a'ouW come '^o an accommodation the moment 
we gave her a chance to do so, by placing her o i an equal foaling 

with France. Mr. Erskine y^ry promptly begins, by stating 

on our government's placing England on a looting with France, 
England will make reparation Just Precisely what I have 

SAID A HUNDRED TIMES OV£R IN THIS PAPEK, SHE WOULD VERY 
GLADLY D • " 

No doubt lawyer Coleman and lawyer Livermore and a hundred 

other lawyers Jiave S A ID these things a hundred times over 

But — HAS Great Brjtain done what they said.' — Certainly not. 

Verily, it is now the proper season to attend to neighbour 
Hewes. In ihc Federal (lazette of th^; 21st of April, may be 
found the following sublime and animated effusions ; 

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•• Federal iniunpJi in the preservation of Peace 
with Ens^land. 

"■ We congratulate our reilow-citizens, on the nanpy pro3pects 
of a speedy return to the rational and liglited path of commercial 
prosperity and civilized enjoyment. Tne !ate tears of our v-.-ne- 
r.i')Ie p tti i )ts;iiid hsi oes are exchanged for unleig-ied rejaiciii;j;s: 
Tije .itixi^ty of tiie C?hri.->tian is relieved, and he no longer dreads 
iha learfid approach of the horrid trageiHes of war: 'I'he p^Jite 
and reii it-d world no io-i^er apprehends that, in perpetual stclu- 
sioii a:.i the absence of trade, wc will roi! down hill to the val- 
ley ot barbasism, the grave of civilization. Rejoice all tjc of light 
hearlf, al Ihe gittd I'din^s of g/:ai jojj ! 

" A Ovi whom shall we t/iank for this great good ? 

" We answer, in the name and with the ingenioiisness of true 
federalism y praise is due to the untiring zeal and patriotic ardour 
of ths iegiti;nate disciples cf lFaf:hi>gion : to the brilliant sous 
a, id steady advocates of true Americanism; and, in part, to for- 
tuitous ci: cumstar.ces abroad, and a disposition not ptrvcrst in 
fi-e l^ resident. Not to ihe. Ep mi and Gilts' the Jucksona' ; or 
tile !,_» .J.);:;, aphiclc /iiC brands and Hotspurs, a c mbination of 
whom all oxer the country had conspiied to piimge us into a war 
With Eit^i'land; Miat we might percbajice ignobly assist in 'aeeiat 
ing a bie j'.hng ai'versary whose v, ouiid was S!,i,[.osed &o be iror- 
t;.l ; or, m marJiier's phrase, tear olx' another planic from a xnag- 
nincent but siiikif ;^ ship. Nni we thank nr-t acnator 6^<..'''*, v\ !o 
dcclaiCi! bis ai. ei.i de&ire to light thr. British : But we are grj^te- 
fui to our JE'iatern brclhrtu; to the leturning good sen.«e ol our 
countrynven gjiicrally w iio have shovj-iy protested, atn! who aie 
row diligently votiiig against a peruicious aud false phi'ost;phy of 
government 

The; DeiMOcrats will boast that they have straved the British. 
The British we grant, are in want of our supplies, aud always 
wisn for our iVicudsliip. 7'hey experienced pa. tiai privatioi'.s ; 
^o did we The.> v/pnfd not treat with a proclamation cl-tb over 
their he ad : it was wilhdruwn. 'I'hey mau have one less friend 
in Europe, but lhi;y have gou-.i prospects of several more. Mr. 
Madison Jias shewn a fair disposition to treat, and we count con- 
fidently (ill a < reaiy. 

W:^ iicgh-'-e to be i'.tirjy uiiJerstoou. ..^«^/fl»</ would not rcjt- 
dei; ju-i satisi'aci ion for the Chesapeake outi'age, because ciir pro 
oiaaiatiou e;,<'ludcd. her ship.s from our waters, and not the 
ships of France. Since which we have placed her on an equal 
footing with l;er enemy, l>y the tion- intercourse act. To this the 
VI LENT DF.M CBAT3 WKaE OPPOSED. Federalists triumph in this 
recTuriiiatiop -, for federalists want nothing but what is fair. 
' To tiiosr g'oomy misani-hrop.es, if any there unhappily be, who 

imagine we could damn by praise " 'i'he chief who now coi"n- 

inarids."' — we answer — Peace, niiid rvl!sanibro|:es ! and hear our 
creed: Federalists wishing only for the preservation of peace, 
jhunor and prosperity, \\ill apjlaud Mr. Mcdison ifbe prove him- 
self worthy. II \ icient p^irtis-ans aUandou all those vyho act cor- 
jectly, tl;'- f'^''' r:!i::?fs \\iih the v. ii,e and moderate and liberal of 



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• I 

(lie other pariy, will act and tliii.k together. If Mr. Madison 
deviate iVorn the new path, he inutit expect our censure, and not 
otherwise " 

Here we have friend John with-all his ' binshiiig honors tiiick 
upon him !' — He says (he reconciliation was owing to the jVdfral- 
'sii- !\nd the passing "f the non-inlercour^e law — I have at this ino- 
iiient a list ol" the vcas and nays on tliat law befole me — 'I he 
aves were 84 navs 30. not a single democrat was in the ne- 
-■ATi\E. — All the " Eppes' the Giles' aijd JacLsvns'-—" voted ./or 

it ixWiht" Phil p b. Keys' , the Gardinicrs' ,Quinctxis' Pick'er- 

Tngs' atid Bayards' voted against it — MeUiiriics there seems 
something like a contradiction in this — and in truth, it appears that 
John is in almost as bad a hobble a.?,JacoiW\s 'political ally." 
But I bid JoJm i'arewcil for the present — when ! v\ ind up this 
subject « ith a few concluding remarks, and take a general re- 
view of the business, I promise to s peak of him. 

Before I fini.sh for to-day, I beg leave to observe, that all the 
federalists constantly insisted that Gteat Britain was willing to 
render us justice as soon as (in the language of Coleman) ' tve 
would give her a chance to do so-' — They plead this as evidence of 
* French influence' in the adininistration, and proved that this in- 
fluence did exist by the eagerness with which Great Britain sei- 
zed the non-.nlercourse lait> to bring about an acccmmodation. 
Khat can the creatures say noiv } 

The extracts 1 have now on band are chiefly from that paragon 
0^ patriotism and truth, the Federal Kepublican. — Mr V^- agner, 
said to be lately elected president of the lazy club, and greatly 
fatigued by his late battle* with Mr. Eev/cs, has laid upon hiS' 
oars, and taken a nap, content to viakeh'is paper with a pair of 
scissors, now and then cnly, rubbing his eyes and stretching bis 
legs, and pompously giving us a little high fiying nonse:;se. 
Neighbour Hewes, always cautious, and feaii'ul of otSending his 
Jacobin advertt:-:ing frirnds, has even euid less than Jacob, thoi.gii 
he seemed to coine oit the best in h'm engogeia-jit with tl'at /.llus- 
trwus man. I believe the whole files ol the Fedetal Gazette, of 
d.ites succeeding the extracts i have quoted, do not aliord one 
original Wne. suitable to my purpose; though fiom the genuine 
originality of tliose produced, the most sanguine hopes oi' a r.cli 
fea-t might have been expected. 

1 have not pretfendcd to arrange these extracts to bear upon 
any particular point,i'i)rihe! than to shew the/; msty uud consistency 
of the tory party or ' British interest' 1 am di.*gusted,\vith their 
fal.s^^hood.s, but feel it my duty to make them known to the pf.o- 
' iple ; and w ill rescue some oi' their most deicctahl." morseis iif-nt 
that oblivion to which, they were rapidly approaching. Like 
Erostatns they shall be infamously fumous. 
-Here they coirie — 

*• We do not look to our government for relief. We do hot 
. expect that the ruling iaciion will abandon their measures 
' * Fed. Kep. April 14. 



* Alluding to i\\Q paper war between the editors of the Q-a,zeii<e: 
and North American. 



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yery positive inc^eed ; but what have we next ? 

" vVe Slate with conHdenct, that our government has abandon- 
ed its ground " Ibid, April 28. 

More positive still. 

" The licst pa''t ot' the second resolution accompanying the re- 
port of the cuminittee of foreign relations [Campbell's report} 
conttmplaltd an arrangement by which the respective belligerents 
would be placed in a state of equality as to the exclusion of their 
ships of war from our harbors 'I'liis rep(»rt was sent to England, 
and immediately the British minister directed Mr. Erskine to 
make ib.e pr positioiis which have lately been acceded to and pub- 
lished, provided any measure xoas adopted which would place 
Great Britain on a state of etjuality with her enpmzcs,n% io the ad- 
mission or exclusion of her ships of war from our hai bors, Th rj 
N >j*-iNTERc lORSB ACT WAS OF THIS NATURE. Mr. Erskiue stat- 
ed the intentions of his government , and. an agreement has been 
made.' ib. April 20. 

Very good. — The second resolution, attached to Campbell's 
report, shewed the determination of our government to place the 
two belligerents on a ' state of equality' — that is, to treat them 
both with the strictest impartiality. This is admitted. 'I'he 
second resolution not only placed the belligerents on a state of 
equality in regard to their armed vessels, but also provided for 
the exclusion of all goods, wares and merchandize, the growth, 
produce or manufacture of either — here was more ' equality.' 
Listen, while 1 tell you what the sajue persons said about this re- 
solutiun, nineteen days posterior to the date of the above : 

" They [the goveriimentj had alieaily prohibited commerce of 
export, and they next resolve to prohibit commerce of import. 
Thus would the system of commercial warfare against G.« Bri- 
tain have been' made complete, and the ORDEM^ Of"' BONA- 
PARTE W>,Uf,D HAVE BERN LITERALLY AND ENTIRELY OBEYED 

— the United States woirltl have been degraded i'iom the rank of 
an independent nation, and enrolled amonr the abject slavi-s of the 
IMPERIAL USURPER!" Fed. ^ Rep April'll. 

Hot and heavy ! — every thing French. ' Orders — Bonaparte — 
slaves — usurpers.' As it is so ver-y good, we will have a little 
more of i; In their general observations on CampbcU's report, 
two days before tlie last mentioned date, they say — 

" it is a suh'iect of deep and bitter mortijication, to behold the 
excellent fruits of VV ashi.ngton's and iiumilions policy, blighted 
by tiiC destriotive inlluence of an administration oi' philosophy 
and experiments — an administration drv ti'.d to the wickkd 
VIEWS OF A FRKNCII USURPER, and with patricidal haud.^ 
sacrificing to 11 IS ambition the dearest interests of //<e/> coun- 
try "—/Vt/ Rep. Apr lb. 

'I'he piccei.iug extracts as handsomely give the lie to each other 
as any man can desire. 

jVow let iwe prove ihat Britain w anted rothing else than this 
'.STATE of e-iliality' to indiice her' to render us justice ! 

" It [the non-intercourse lavvj alibrds her f(J, j'>ritain] a i<aib 
oi'PORTUNrTY to negociate " Fed Rep. April '^Q. 

" As to the revocutioAi of the orders ;n council it is merely ne- 



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cessary to observe, that the terms whicli our government liiis vow 
accepted, might have been obtained at an^ time past ; they were 
ALWAYS JN OUR pomer" tOiJ, Majj^. 

" L^t Mr. Eiskine's overture for an accomtnotlaticn be viewed 
in whatever light it may aiiit Dt-tncoi mic ingenuity to pl.toc it, 
and they will find that the delusion so long kept up is etiitcUially 
dissipated — their dia'olicd tchemes completely li ustratcd.'' — 
[The ' dialiolical schemes' were a resiilance to the British orders 
in council and the decrees of Frivnce.} ilnd, Jpril £7. 

* Great Britaiw, in the true sp rit of amitij, is Killing to meet us.' 

■ ibid. 

The following proves that Great Britain * very properly refus- 
ed to nesrcriale/ until ini'ormation was received of the second re- 
solution attached to ('an)pbeirs report : 

" VV hile tliis partial measure existed [the exclusion of Britisfe. 
ships of war on account of attackii^g the Chesapeake] Great Bri- 
tain very properly refused to negociate — 'I'hat she did not declaie 
War is a proof of her d.spGsiiton to cultivate a friendly under- 
standir;,?^ with the United Slates. Fed. lisp. April "2^. 

The next extrac^t proves many things, which by succeeding ex- 
tracts I will prove to befalshoods. 

" Peace with Eiigland — The xvar party and French partisan* 
are throw n into complete coni\is)on. 'J'he persevej ance of the 
Fastern states, aided by the returning sense of a {brmidable body 
of the people of the Southward, have driven administration 
FROM ITS GROUND. SJucc Mr. Jeffei SOU has retired in disgrace 
into private life, his successor had been compf Ilea to abandon the 
ruiiious policy under wJiich the countiv has so long suflered. 
V\ ith the magnan'mtty and frankness characteristic ol a great and 
enlightened DiiUon, Fngland made a second attempt to ren-ew the 
terms of amity and peace between the two nations. The paiticu- . 
lars of the correspondence hetw een Mr. Erskire and the Secre- 
tary of Sta^e are given in this day's paper. It proves what ue 
have s'^ often repeated, and which I'lasf- er been stubbornly deni- 
ed by the democrats, that Great Brita n zvas aluays injluenced tv a 
sincere d sire to acco?: mcdctc her nr.fortunate differences uiih Jnicri- 
en. The preservation of the country has grown out of the ■ f'oit* 
of the minority in Gongrc s. Fid. Kep. Jjnil ?1. 

Kalshcod, No. 1, in the lastexlract. 

" Resolved, that the piomtiaide and frankness « ith uhich the 
president -of the United States has MET the propositions of Mie- 
British government— meets the approbation of this house.'' 

Randolph's OiOtion. 

Here Randolph, Gardinier, and all the toiicsand federalifits in 
Congress, are opposed to the edito'-s of the Federal Hepuhlicai.. 
'I'hey say that Madison ' aif.t — the others say that Madison was 
• DRIVEN.' IV hat are the w hole bunch ? But the lozi-yers shall con- 
tradict themselves. 

" Mr Mat'isoD received the overtures of tlse British Ministrv 

;h a correspondent disposition [to the British governmeut] L<> 

M)nci!eour unfortjnate disputes." 



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Pl 

Thtjre is no driving in this but further : 



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" Their [the Democrats] schemes are defeated by the modera 
Hon oi' Mailison." 

Here Madison's ' moderation' huluced him to accept the Bri- 
tish [(roposit.'ons ; the ' Eastern states,' it appears, did not * drive' 
hill). Fil'ty other similar quotations might be brought forward. 
bui ihtse an- enoiis'h. 

fa i^hood No. S Asto Madison's being compelled to abandon 
the policy of Mr. Jefferson. Let him 'speak for himself. 

" I cannot do L"ssthan refer to the propnso' hrretofokf. made on 
the part of the U States, embracing a like restoration of the 
suspKNDSD COMMERCE [with G. Britain] as a jOroo/ that the spirit 
of acconitnodatiod ban at Jio time been intermitted, and — as cor- 
roboratiiti;- the principles by wliicii the public councils have been 
guided uniing a period of the mosttrving embarrassments." 

Ma iison's Message to congress. 

Certainly the fed'^ralists "W'ho h tve tal'-.f^d so iTjuch about his 
honesty, t/.beralitv and ko forlh, will give full credit to iheae plaiu 
and (>ositive asscrtio.is ! 

Falsiiood No S. 

Jcti'ersnn's reti'ing in ' disgrace' vli^n, ifhp pleased, he might 
have been rk klected by the votes of three fouitlisof tiie nation. 

F.ilshood .No. 4 

JFhcre. \fi the '-second attempt' to obtain ' amity and peace/ 
made with so much 'mag!)animity and frankness' by the 'great 
and enlightened' Engiaiid>. — Canning swears he did not ' author- 
ise^ it to be made — and the editors of the Fedeial Republican wiH 
NOW take tlieir affidavits to suj)port his asseition. How stands 
the case > Look to the FRAUD, and answer ! 

Falshood. No. 5. 

Tiic event of things proves that what ' lue had so often repeat- 
ed' vf-A'sfnlxe, and what the democrats ' so stubbornly denied, was 
true. The 'sincere, drs re of Brifnin fo accommodate^ was a mere 
cloak for deception, ihe most deliberate, base and cruel — and such 
as rmisl and will he atoned for. 
• F.Jshood No 6 

Tiic ;muntry preserved by the minority in Congress ! ! ! O Lud ! 

I will now iiitroiiiicp a lew opinions of the Federalists, at. 
dillerent times, of the ?i(intn/errourse law. 

" Sir, the ])ill !)efore you is Lvnr. It is to suspend all intercourse, 
to put an cu(\ to all t'le reUttions of amity W hat ls that but vjar > 
iVar of the worst kind — war under- the disguise of non-inter- 
rounsp, — nc power, havitig national Jbfdings. or regard for nation- 
al ciiaracter. will SUBMIT to such COKRCION" 

[Hillhousc's speeoh on the non-intercourse bill before 
the Senate, Feb. L'J 

" Til!* rulioi!,- party in Congress v\ith .JefTcrsnn, Madison and 
Giles at their head, aie deeply eiu';;,gf'fi \n a sei of intnsureA thsii 
lead to WAu." ' JN Y. K, Po.st. April 19 

" The administraiion v^ry \\ell Liimv that these measin-es [the 
non intercourse is iicre alluded to] will never make a Ircaiij or 
gi^^e pence. But they are a part of a game of politics which is 
ry eiui in open war with iingland. 'Inns isthb truk road t<; w ar," 

ibid, same date. 



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" It [the non-intercourse law] affords her fdreat Brituin]a 
*AiR OPPORTUNITY to iicgociate, " Fed. Kep. >\|»ril 16. 

What ! do the boys, Liverniore and Hanson, dare to give Lite lie 
to 'Field Miirshiil Culeinan' the editor of the New. York Evening 
Post, the * genllernan, the scholar and the patriot,' and also to 
that giaveaiui reveieiul Senator fi< tn the latul oi' steadv habits,' 
JVlr. Hillhouse oi/>zou4' Connecticut ? — But stop — Lt't Mr . Cole- 
man apeak for h ti.m.if. Con.'ficntirg on the letter of Mr. Erskinc, 
who S[^eaks oi'the nnn-iutetcourse law as j lacing the two helh- 
gerentson an' f(/ualJ'ooiing,' the ' Field marshal, 'exuhingljj' sa^s — 

*' 1 alwavssaid that (ireat Rritaii) luLshcd i'or an admstriitrit ol" 
diflerences, and would coniC to ucconiniodation the nioineiit ive^ 
gave her a chance to do ao, by placing her tin an equal footino 
with France Mr. Erskine vtvy proj^erly begins b^ btating that 
0'! oi.r govern'nlent^s [.Licii.g Fvigland on an equal footing with 
F a'lce [fhis Mr. E. expresi.i^ saijS was d<;ne 6j/ the nonintkr- 
cauRSE LAwJ Eiigland will make reparaliLi) Just jjrecindif ivhat 
J preri ctcd and have said a hundred times over in Ihio paper she 

WOULD be VERY GLAD TO DO." 

V^ ell done, lawyer Coleman. I tumble you into the ditch with 
luiiitji-r Wagner ; you may scramble ow?, oi I e in it, foi uugh^ tfiat 
i caie, Q'hi're is a pair of you. 

I would here observe, that when the non-ntercourse law was 
first enac<.°d, the Federaiiits aeenied to view it with moie honor 
than the ■:mbargo. The reason is plain; the fir^t prevented the 
importuii n of British goods — t!ie latter oji/y prohibited the ex- 
portation of American articles. '1 he sinners veiy well knew 
that a non-impoitation ol' British goods would be more sensibly 
felt in the dominions of thei king, than anj other measure we 
could possibly adopt. A prodigious amount of revenue is ijnme- 
d atelij raised on the Biitish manufactuies which wt consume, by 
the export duties laid upon thern — and a vast population find era- 
ployment in the fabrication of them, from the fruits of which the 
people are enabled, in other wa>s, to aid the exigencies oi the 
government This was too dreadful a stroke at the prosperity of 
tiie ' mother country,' and Old H Uhouse, like a raven on tiie 
^ree top, croaked out that ?^* adoption' >mls war ; Bayard and wu- 
ny others joined i;j the chorus, and lamentably >mv.^ the dolel'ui 
ditty Besides, they feared, and, thank heaven, ieared justly, 
that, in the absence or scarcity, affected or real, of Britisii uui- 
nufactures, that the Ame?icr:i} people would enquire into, and as- 
certain, tJieir own resources ; and, having ascertained, would 
apply them to the satisfaction (<f their own wants; and ihus ba- 
nisji, forever, vast quantities of goods hitherto impo) ted, aisd 
prevent the kirg tVoni raising arev'nue from those who had bten 
the best of fiis cuslonitrs. IIrre mas thr RiiB. The tact. has 
turned out as they anticipated. Ihindred^s (tf various manufac- 
tories have been erected, and put into motion ; mi;ny are build- 
ing, andalajge number contemplated In ( ne year iience the 
manufactories in the United States, started svce the embargo was 
laid, will save to the country from thiee to five mlliion.? of Dollars 
per annian. We have discoveied a fact, which tiie Federalists 
labored hard to keep secrc;, that we can manufactuie many 



[ £4 ] 

things as cheap as fhcy can manufaclure the same articles in 
Kugiaiid ; wJiilt the duty on British -^ooils acts as a bounty on our 
domed c prodnctions. This is an alarming circumstance to the 
' British party in Atneriou' and they have outrageously abused 
every inati ■ho advocated the practice. Look at their conduct 
towards Mr. Jofiers'^n for encouraging his fellow citizens to ren- 
der themseivet! independeiit of supplies from abioad -. — il 1 had 
regular files of cur leudir'g federal pajjers, 1 could [loint out a 
hundrcil, perhaps, athousuud, articles in them calculated to ri 
dicuie the idea or provoke its abandonment When do the Junta 
edi'ors notice the pi-ogress nf manufactures in this country.? tJiey 
give ua ' glorious news' of the killing of three or 400,000 IVeiich- 
r.ien at full lerigfh ; they pnbli.^hed Ausitwn manifestoes, Spanish 
documents, anil Rr i'sh remarks — but not one word do they say 
of the est.ihlishnicnt of iiny m.uiul'aetory in the United States. 
'J'hey carefnily glean ii\i every scrap whicli seems to add to the 
wealth, st'ength, liopes or resources of Briia/?!; but maintain 
an obstinate silence on s vvlar things in their own country. 
— ■\^ hut are we to iniVr iVom this line of proceeding .> If they 
were friends to American m.inujactuics, would they not tell the 
psoj''i of the progress we had niade that others rriight be induced 
to tiiin'c of the subject ? Wuuld they not exultingly tell us tliat 
such and such works suved to the country such and such amounts 
of dollars, by the mere j.p[)lication of his hitherto neglected sour- 
ces of wealth — the labor of women jind chiUiren > VVouid they 
not be glad to tell us tliat machines are invented by which the 
farmer, with the forincT incumbanU upon his industry, is enabled 
to inuke all their own clothing, and ha\e large quantities to sell 
besides? On these subjects they are as silent as the grave. The 
wretches trembled at tlie non-intercoi'rsh (before the engage- 
.'nents of the British rnMiistry were made to repeal their orders 
m council) because it destroyed a fruitful branch of revenue to the 
British government, and viouid make her iuinisters/f^e/ the im- 
portance of our commerce, by ihc^^mni of employment \\}r th.c la- 
borers ol' the nation, irom ivhomXhe wealth, in every country, is 
certainly ierived — and because in it they saw a S[)irit lor manu- 
l';ictu res would be prouioted in the U- States, which all tlie/r 
arts and all the .'orches of HrJiixh inccnd>aries would never be able 
to eradicate Irom the rniiuls of the people. 

If any man will carefully review those things, he will aad must 
agree with m,e, that tiie Federalists, as a party, ate sworn ene- 
♦!iies to domestic muiiufactures, even though we can make the ar- 
ticles couiemplated ai a cheaper rate than they can be impuiit i 

ilillhouse, for his /ir^umrufs (-if tliey can be so called) on tiie 
non in-'erco-urse bill, ought to be kick: d to dcolli by grastUof/ptrs. 
He behaved like a mere fool as well as an arrant knave. He said, 
or implied (see his s[)ee'.'h quoted a!)ove) that it was i:Y'r with 
J'',ng!and, and threatened us with ». jtiid retfiialion. What! is 
i:oL a man at liberty to deal, or not to deal, as he pleases.? Is the 
j'.:,rocer, oi" whom I have been accustomed to buy wine, to knock 
'jie d<-wti in the street beciiuse / choose to do without tiie liquor, 
iind sub.slitute homcihing else in the lieu of \t> A pretty pass in- 
dcc(' we have con;e to, j1' w c are not at liberty to say, what arti 



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cles we xoill import, tvKet articles we will not import ! will Bri- 
fa 71 rectuvx'i clofhs, cottons, ;)a|jt^r, 8<cc. ik^c. IVoni our manufac- 
tories? she will not — she by law proliihits the introduction of a 
thousand species of nianuiaotured isjoods. Did any man ever 
thiak 'f .ujoin^ to war with her for tiiis ? Assuredly not — but, for 
A;nf*rica to do the si "i.^ hi i^, is a iu^t '^.lusj of odeiice. — 

* Whip uie the knaves!' Such citiizens of Maryland, are tlie lea- 
ders oJ the Federal party, Tbinlc of them Fanners— remember 
them. Mechanics ■! 

Brit again — 

*• It [the non-intercourse] is cowardly ; for it is abase attempt 
to bring on a war with Gre.it Britain. — It is FliliNCH in every 
featuje, — It is intended as a measure of hostility {gainst Great 
Britain. Bost. Rep latter end of Maich, 

Here we have \i—' eoxoardlij — base — FRENCH* If I had a 
/lie of the Boston Rtj^ertory, \ could easily shew, that the rever- 
end priests who conducts it, \v\i.'& pro-ced Lmself guilty of from 
four or five positive falskoods in this little extract —-^The whole 
gang of tory editors, as soon as Erskine pledged the honor of h,s 
gu-jiernment for a revocation of the orders in coinicil, instantly 
laid hold of the non-intercourse law as placing the belligerent 
power, on an * equal footing,' which, they boastingly sai<t, was 

* all that (ji eat Bi itain wanted' — this may be ascertained b} a re- 
ference to many of the previous extracts 1 have laid before, the 
public. 

But let us go on — 

• To the honor of England, and the confusion of French spies 
and co.ivict fugitives from Britis.b dominions, her ministry seiz- 
ed the hr-it favorable m msnt to make iionorable reparation for 
the iasultoifered our flag, and to negociate a commercial t)eaty." 

Fed. Rep Apiil 25. 

* The honor of England !' where is it? was it not lost in the 
bomba. dnent of Copenh gen, or is it to be burit-d i the ruins of 
o IS of OUR cities ! A migiity, but secret, expedition is now fitting 
in England — and Jacksoi, the representative of " Britisii ho- 
nor' at the capital of Dnninrk is ctming to America. — In this 
extract it may also be seen that Britain • seized the .Irst favora- 
ble opportunity' to adj'ist our difT-reiices IT IS FALSE — s!ie 
seized the first opportunity to deceive us; and the wretches who 
boasted of her ' honor' for entering into the engagements she 
did, now justify her in a violation of them, as 1 shall prove from 
their own works hereafter. 

But here comes Dr. Ocean, alias Dr. Morse ; let us listen to^ 
h s reverence — 

" We always thought Great Britain would do us justice with- 
out fear of ur meniices, or contempi of our impotent vengeance^ 
TKe result proves that we are right-" N. E. Pal May 2. 

This is a curious extract enough — let it ' stand upon its own 
bottom' while I make a digression, which, perhaps may be use- 
ful. ^ 

All men must recollect that when Federalism was at its height, 
a thousand means were devised to •• agitate" (as a federal mem- 
ber of Congress called it) the people of the United States. Har- 
per set to niaaufacturing plots, (for Robert was then, as he ig 

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e.d, tbough the editors have taken especial care not to give their; 
no.v, the aidchinc- .vorlcer of the "British party in Aiiieriea," 
h,s a member ot" the House of Commons calls the Federalists. ) — 
t*orc-U)ine wrote " Bloody Buoys," and the whole clan were em- 
ployed to shew ths people the dangeis to be apprehended IVoni 
FraiJCkj; and to point out ihe absolute necessity of a prodigious 
STANDING ARMif ; of whicli Alexander Hamillon was expected to 
ha/e the command, being second in rank, to Washington, who, 
exoHpt in case of actual inv^asion, had determined not to take 
t'le Ijel.i it was now a w<ll ascertained fact, that Hamilton was 
appointed to that high military station without the approbation 
•M' Pret)ide!it; Adams, wlio was driven to a concurrence in tiie de- 
iuan Js of the JunLo ; for Mr. Adams shartl, afterwards declar- 
ed, " that had the legimeuts ordered to iuive been raised been 
fail, aad Hanulton at their head, we should have been compelled 
to rais" another a my to preserve ihe coiiptitution/'' or wor \s to 
this effbct. To aid these designs the Priests were called in^ asid 
\h\ Morse, rtom the. pulp t, t. !d a most horrible tale about the 
jn^ssacre of the crew of the ship O can by the French. To rouse 
the passions of the people, and '• agitate" the pub.lic mind, he 
even descended to detail particulars of the slaughter, and paint- 
eJ, in the inost glowing and animated colors, the pangs which 
every Ani' rijan seamen had sutlerqd. 7^ more infl4n)matory 
sermon never was preaciied — but, behold ! a few days after the 
" minister of the God of truth" had from the *' saced desk'" 
fulminated his anathema^ against France for this otience, th^ 
Ocean came sailing into port with all hands well ; — tiiey jumped 
ashore, alive and merry, and f.adri't been k Ued nl all! Fronj 
hence i)r. Morte justly received the name of i>r Ocean, 'j'he 
report of this " massacre" being traced there was sufiicient evi- 
dence foniid to convince any reasonable man ol" that dd.y ihni the 
>vho!e story was a fabrication of the British faction to effect a 
certain import nt measure at that time in contesinplation, and 
tlsar the plan was hatched at the British atnbassad r's table, 
while, perhaps, flobert Goodlac Harper, our intended Federal 
ficnafo.', was present. 

[1 am happy to find that the subject which has considerably 
Q-ccupied my attention for some days past, is read with increased 
i),vic!iry by ai! /.inks of society. 'J'he moderate Federalists, iViends 
of their eouiilry,, will do well to examine it ; for in these extracts 
as in a mirror, Is-^lU honest re;" escntation of what ' manner and 
Jornj' tiie ':h':j\, and Jes-i-ns of tiie 'British party in America' I'e- 
4'!y are] 

t' WelMnay the Merchants of Alexandria rejoice at JVlr. M-i- 
dison's/-i./«/v< to tiie goo I old priticiple.s ol' Fkder-(Vlism. I>et the 
rrazy proi'essors oi'./e/fer.s-oni.s'u give themselves up to weeping and 
availing, and all the aliiicting stings ol jealou -y and mortih'ca- 
iinn, the Feduialists 'vVlliL pa> iiomage to Mr. Madison, while 
he continues to puisne the course he has taken." Fed. Ji. 3/r/y 8. 

The above ic part of a thing called ' inforination whicli^ may 
be relied on' — to wjt, that th ■ Fcd.eralists of AI. xandri>a had 
pr«^p[^rtd a splendid dinner Ibr Mr. Madison, vvho received their 
tiommittee • with the most marked attention,' and accepted their 
invjtijti(.in. Ti)i.> was '^ Federal Republican information which 
i)lig!)i be relied rjron /' bi.t its i'ulshood was immediate y check- 



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Sfeatlers any hint of it. The people of Alexandria, without any 
reference to party whatever, gave this dinner to Madison — the 
dame pcj'sons had invited JMr. Adams, iiiiinediately after his ar- 
rival at the permanent seat of tlie governineul ; and when IVir. 
Jrilei-son was elected, treated him with the same mark df res- 
pectful uttention. The proceedi/ig was intended hy (lie citi/enfl 
of Alexandria, to shew their respect for tlic highest oflicc of gfi- ■ 
vernment -, not for the individual who held it. 

I should not have quoted this extract mcjely to shew its falsity 
—had this been my object any other paragraph in Uie same pa- 
per would do as well. But 1 wish the reader to observe all \\h 
hearings — they claim Madison as a federalist — abuse .lellerson 
and his friends, and pay homage to the ' chief who now corti- 
inands.' All this was d')ne because he [Madison] accepted tl>e 
propositions of the British minis', ry which have since been so 11 a'- 
grantly violated. Perhaps the bous thought it required a high 
degree of Federalism to put any faitli in British honor snd n.ajs:,'" 
nanimity ; and hence inferred that Mr. Madison must be a goo<i 
federalist because he relied on the mo»t soleinn engagements that 
nation could make ! .' Taking up the ca&e in tliis point of view, a^ 
things have turned out. tlic ideas of Livermore and Hanson may 
be considered as tolej-abJc — and 1 will pass them by ior the present 

Here follows several other extracts having the same bearing 
as the above — " 

" Uniting with the Federal partv, and sup[X)Hing Madison." 

Fed Kep. April 27, 

" James Madison, President of the United States — He has worn 
the mask to a good pur[;ose ; to bring back his sycophants to the 
principles of Washington." GUn. Eaton's Toast. 

Ceil. Eaton depicts Madison as having been a base hypocrite-^ 
for by wliat he calls the ' principles ol \\ ashington^ be it known 
anglo-federalism is intended. Qid Lor'its, around whose necks 
Washington's orders put the halter dui ing tbe revolution, vtixa 
pretend to be attached to th.e principles he supported. An old 
political knave, who fled to Nova-Scc'tia during the war, -a tew 
d.ays since, unhlushingly proclaimed himself ' aFederalist of the 
Washington school.* 1 he devil calls himself an angel — and fc.6 
he IS but — he is ' the ar.gel of the bottomless pit.' 

"■ The British ministry are ;dso [as well as the Federalii^^ts and 
Mr. Madisonj entitled to their share ol' priiise. They have act 
ed with firmness and moderation. The day of calamity' is past 
and now is the season for rejoicing.'' 

Has 'the day of calamitv' past — or is it just about to dawjI!.? 
This boasted ' modcratcn' a]}.fajs to have been like the tears 
of the Crocodile — intended lo deceive and destroy all whose 
judgment were inhuenced by it. 'i he pitiful trick W'jll never be 
fjrgotteu Again — 

*' Through their exertions [the Federalists] alreacy has the 
most glorious victory been obtained over jjopular delusion, and 
democratic intrigue [by the reviv;-! of our trade to England.] 
But the FederarPartv must no' relax their exertions.^' 

Fed. Kcp. April 28. 

if this ' glorious victory' does not end in i\\^ plunder of pro- 
perty to the amount of fil'ty millions of dollnrs, and tbe slavery 
'of from -^ to 10,000 freemen, 1 shal! be happily disappointed. If 



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the editors simply mean ihaA the British allies for Federal party] 
obtained a ' glorious viciory,' J shall certainly a^jee v. iih Ihem 
— for by a mere pledge of honor, the play thing ol' cciiits the 
' mother country' assuredly induced the ()emociats, wilii Madi- 
son ai tlieir head, to o.pen the comn.erce vvitii England, 

Hariiig me-)tioned the Federalists as Biitish allies, 1 canrot 
do less than i^itioduce the I'ollowing extract to strer.gthen tijC 
justice of the app- liation 

" America has made use of this argument, and aliedged that 
our trade ii..s suiiei ed no damage trom the " Berlin Dec; ee^' — 
and even jtheERI'l IhH PARTY IN Ai\iERlCA, haAe not. 
been bold enough, in tjie lace of such open and continLed n)isie- 
pr.- sentatioi;, to state how the fact leaiiy was. Mr }'i( KLK- 
ING, who so jiistiy and ably defended the BRITISH CAUSE, 
has not stated it" 

Mr Stevens' speech in the British House of Commons, 
Mr. S, is a high ministerial character, and authoj- of a 
work called " War in Disguise." 
Here we have it as plain as * the nose on a man's face/ I do 
asszrlth jact, and d'fij a coniradiciion — that Ef'^ERY' FEDE- 
KJIJST V\HO SIORE (JN OLR FCREIGN RLLATiCNS 
IN CONGRESS DURING THE WARM SESSION OF 1808- 
e. Din JUSTIFY THE BRITISH ORDERS IN COUNCIL, 
OR, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ADVISE OUR SUB- 
MISSION TO IHEM— OR. RECOMMEND A DECLARA- 
TION OF WAR AGAINST FRANCE. P (/te.«^'i- whole 
speech was to the first point — he touched upon nothing else ; arid 
nytintained, thiough thick, and thiu, that, according to the law 
ot nations and so Ibith, Great Britain was perfectly right in re- 
gutating OUK Irade by her orders in council. Are such the sen^ 
time.'its of the great mass of the Federal party > Are the plan- 
ters of Maryland willing t'at G Britain shall collc-nt a tributf. 
upon the Tobacco of the United States, equal (by its former ex- 
portatioos) to h^o millivnx of dollar" a vtar, befoie WE shall have 
liberty to dispose of it at the best man ets? Do they assert that 
the orders of the British ministry shall ' bind these states in a.!! 
cases whatsoes'cr .>' — 1 J I hey do, thtij are baslard--; — t'le men of 
seventy-six would not pa;> one penny to Great Biitain without tlie 
consent of their oiin Legislatm es ; and their children are the ba- 
sest of wretches if they ever do. Congre.^s h;4S a right to regu- 
late commerce: — let us suppose, for one moment, that oi/r go- 
vernment was to sa_y to our planters--' j/ow shall send your Tobac- 
co to Kngland — wi.f.n yoa have p.^id om penny half penny sterling 
per lb. (equiil to iibout £-00 cents per 100) upon if, you may car?-y 
it uhere you please.' What would the planters do ? They would 
intmediately march to Washington city, and tJirovv the govern- 
me>it into the Potomac. AM)' SO 'illEY OUGH'T. Precisely 
such is thi.\ nature of the British orders in council, which the 
ministry pledpMl theipstlves to repeal, and have failed to do. 
Are you content with this? Exanine what 1 say — every word is 
ti ue Wfigl tlel'acts, ai.d oeitrmine. 

With the following extract 1 shall clo.'^e my federal proof of 
Madison's be .ig a fedcrali^tc. and, tliut the measures o\l thai par- 
ty, were 80 precisely useful to our country • 
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" We have said, and we repeat it as^alii, tliat the return of 
Peace and Prosperity/, may he j nail y atti ibiileJ to the hj^iiited 
and patiiotic exeitions ol'lhc Pcdcral pui't^."' red. Hep. Ap. i.'0. 
Now let us iitur (Joveruor Gore — 

'• It is owing to the forbearance and clemency of the British., 
that we uie permilU'd to have a wshipon (lie o^-raii '* 

Gore's speech [present governor J in liic Legislature of 
Massachusetts. . 

There is so much ^flieflt^i'*, so njucli ^e/i.7///j/ iigainst the inde- 
pciulfcnce of my country and such a iManiinolh lie in the foitgo- 
- ing, that I despise an attempt to conuntnt upon it. This niaii, 
i;ood heaven ! is governor of iMassachu&etts — the ' cradJe oi Li- 
bel ty' — and gern! of the revoJiuion i — 

I shall now present an extiact of a new cast — 
" I rejoice in the ^great and glgi iomsjiCJiauge in.our relations 
with England. An opportunity nowonejsto C (iNSOLlDA'i'ii 
A UNION between the two nost comnieiciai Jiutions in the 
world, whicJi under Divine P rvidcnce, will put them out of lian- 
2,er from the powers of earth afid hell. Lci nothing be wanting 
on the part of the friends ot Order and good (.overnment." 

Boston C(iAl ncl. 
" Consolidate a Union" — Colhdt the infamous C obbett, patroniz- 
ed by the chiel's of the Feden.! pa. ty, u-uvised us to form u trea- 
ty of alliance, offensive and o; ieijsive wiih Jinglai.'d — and to de- 
clare war against France — /'^(72«o, his suecessor, openly declaijn- 
ed for a ' consolidation^ of the states and a federation with En- 
. gland — and hoastingly asserted, speaking of America, * that the 
' Kii.'g would have his own again' — Fenno was printer to the Se- 
naie of the United States, and enjoyed a most extensive patron- 
age among the federalists of his day, being the organ ol the then 
existing government, though Lislon, the British minister, claim- 
ed bis pa^per as a Brtiish Gazette — Colensan the preseut huoer 
\,i the federal printers, and the rule and tUith ol the fecic-rai par- 
ty, sometime since, advised us * to seek FhO'l £C1 ION uiu.cr 
tiie BRITISH cannon and deckre w ur against FEANCE ' — 
:'// the federal members of congi ess when sjtaking of our foiet<n 
:iations, pointed to the saine thing. — Christopher Goie, the 
: resent governor of Massachusetts in a cclcbrattd report made 
to the legislature of that state before his election, on the subject 
of certain laws of th.e United States; — plainly ot cured the general 
government tt- declare War against France— or, in 1; „ out; 
uords, • to unfurl the Republican banner against the Impel i. a 
standard.' — The late President Adams j:ositively inlcmis us th.it 
such also were the designs of the high-roac;d federal party in his 
day; and he plainly puts down /iHr/;;//c'.., Pickering. ii:c. as be 
t;;g in tiie 'British interest:' and it, is generally believed iit- 
kicked I'niathtj P.ckering out of liie oiiice of Seoietary of State, 
because he kept back those amicable propositions from France, 
on which, alterwards, a treaty was founded, and leparation 
maiie for the injuries we received. — John Adams knew the vil- 
lainy of the chiefs of the departments of government, and htsi- 
tilted not to declare they w ere enemies of their country. To dine 
w ith LisLon, the British minister, in a social ivarj, w as a common 
.'thing with Peter Porcupine, (the greatest brute and biggest rascal 
which ever disgraced the shores of America) Bob Harper {^thty 



inlendedSenaior irom Maryland in fhe place of Gen, Smitli) and 
other leading federalists of the day. l.iston, in an official cum- 
munication, exuitinja^Iy said, that the enveninieni of the United 
States ' had ^\ve\\ anew suhicr- of TKOVOC ATION to France.' 
-- — Mark the word, ('PROVOCATION') and judge of the de- - 
signs oC tfie wretches tlien possessed oi" p(!wer. Mr. Adams, 
for a while, vainly opposed the torrent, and was carried with it 
— but hirt genuine patriotism combatted the delusion, — he finally 
overcaiTie, a^^d r:i$t the Hamiltovian, Pirkaroomng party (the 
friends and confidauts of Listen) from ofPee ; m-dde pence with. 
France, and was cursed as an 'apostate/ for so- doing, by all 
the old tones and Brtish agi'nts in Anjerica, v/ho thought their 
damnable designs were fully acooniolished, at the very moment 
their con.sfiracv became manifest to the world Fof the truth of 1 
thcie things, I boldly refer the rtader to Mr. Adams' letters 
Jately published in the Evening Post There is no tory in the 
United States v/ho has atten)i»t ■ to deny the truth of one parti- 
cle of the preceding. Think of it 

And nov\ , so late as a ^ew days past, we have tJ)e Boston Centi "- 
«f^, HARPER-ing to the same tune ' an opportvnitij now offers to .. 
CONS LiDATn A UNioN^ bctwecn Great Britwn and Amerxo, say i 
the edito's. — \1 hat think you of this iwon, men of Maryland i 'i 
Are you content to become a partaker in all the tivrr.? and crimes \ 
o\' Great Britain } Are you satisfied to be taxed to support her \ 
schemes of commercial ambition > W"\\\ you take the robber and ; 
the murderer by the liand, and exhaust your own subsistence to 'I 
support him in his daring pursuits .? Will you, like the shtep in ^^^ 
the fable, form a league with Evolves > The fellow who exulted at ' 
this prospect, ought to be bitten by all the mus^uitoes which '■■\ 
rende?;vQus in King (ieorge's county ol' Sussex in Delaware. No ; 
other than a base begotten American could think of a ' union,' 
or a ' seeking of ¥R te(.T)0n' with, or imder, any nation of the 
earth, in any situation we have yet seen since the revolution. I 
would that such men were to honor with a rod of scorpiods. T 
propose to otli?r a i'ew more remarks on the tenor of this extract ; 
hereafter. 

In this ' union,' ' Divine I'rovidencf.' is lugged forward, as if 
the God of ju.'^tice delighted in a lemrt of iniquity. Tiiese Yan- 
kee,-« having reducefl r eligi in to a k ind oi'tra-e, ca.ll it in on fve- 
ry occasion. When the people met to organize an opposition to 
to the kt-:vs of the unitm, a Priest called down the elessincs of 
the Almighty, as we shall see by exiiacts from the proceeding-j 
of some ol' iheir town n!eet;ngs against the einbargo, &p. v.hich I 
nrend hereafter to q!W)te. — So i'ar indeed, do they carry this 
?iiAVi>Jr, business, that a Priest, having paid a girl her price 
•'or a favor, actually went dow u o:; his knees to say ^rnc.e before 
;)e received it. This is matter of fact ; and introduced to sbcM 
chat the prisstHof New-Erjg.and — the • law and the gospel of to 
ries, M'ill ^;rrtv for ANY THTNc. , ';. 

In the preceding extracts we have had a 'cast deal of British 
' honor and Tvairnammilij.' The ' prtrlv in America' told us, ten! 
t; ousand times over that her ministry wvrc atxtnys and consinnf.Ij j 
anxious to remove every existing diliiculty to an amicucle ad- 
jii.stment, so soon as would place her upon an • eqvnl fooling with A 
^ranct.' It was said that Bonaparte directed tiie laying and cot*'- 



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liauance of the embargo and that the non-rdc.rcourxe had its ori- 
gin id the ' iiijlutiice. of France.' 'An mvixilfie hand,' it was assert- 
ed, jirected ihe allkirs of our nation, and ' urged Us on to I'atal 
ruin/ It was said, that had we resisted the Berlin dtcree ol 
November 18U0, thai the British orders in council ot January and 
November \'6'ol wouir' not have been issued : — it was stated that 
our ' tame xubmlssioji' to Bonaparte produced these orders tliougii 
the first was nx'aolual operation liEroRE the British government 
could possibly have Icuovva what was our dett- rminalion in res- 
pect to it. We were informed, tJiat Mr. Jetlerson's hostility to 
England, and }nedilection in iavuur (.T Fiance, vi ere the causes 
of all our diiiiculties iu trade. \\ e hoard much about the ' ami- 
cable mission of i\Jr. Rose/ wJio was • aut'^-iorized' to maice satis- 

<, I'ac'.ion for the outrage on the Chesapeake frigate, and were told 
that Vc\Q hoxli.- proclamation of the President alone prevented a 
just rt»paration from being oilered. it was said that all the evils 
wfc suri'ered were ow ing to ' French influence,' Jeflersoii being 
the ally ot Bonaparte. It was belloued in our eais, over and 
over again, that Britain wanted nothing but justice i'rom LS, and 

'' that, when we should render it, all would be peace. Farmers of 
Maryland — let nie appeal to ;,our consciences, if these, and iun- 
dieds of other such things, were not urged last year tn imiuce you 
to support a Federal Ticket Recollect yourselves — and call to 
memory the legations of that abandoned gang who apologized 
for England, and vented their curses against France, to rouse 
your passions, and mislead and deceive you. 

Be it also remembered, that the federalists, to a man voted a- 
gainst the non-intercourse law; which, by refering to the ex- 
tracts adduced, appears to have done eveiy thing for (jreat Bri- 
tain 'she wanted' and all 'she could reaaonubly expect.' inasmuch 

^^as it placed her on tiie j77Wd/oo/2';?^ flj France. On its passage, 
nay, on the first intimation of a ])robabillty of its passage, she 
sent special instructions to her minister, and embraced the this 
" first favorable opporlinniii to promote a good understanding, by 
a spontaneous otier of reparation I'or the attack ow the Chesa- 
peake, and a positive engagement to rescind the orders m couu- 
cii, provided the provisions of this law, in respect to her) were 
withdrawn. 'I'his state of things had been anticipated, or iio- 
ped for by theframers of the uon intercourse law ; and Mr. Mad 
ison gladly exercised the powers vested in him, by its condition- 
al sections, to open our commerce, and loose iLe sails o|" our 
ship})ing to the free winds of heaven— the faith of the Britisij na- 
tion being pledged for the safety 0:i our seamen and property. 
for this act — /or doing wiiat his predecessor in ollice had o^bred 
to do, we have the ' British party' praise Mr. Madison up to the 
skies, and claim him i'or a federalist. We have seen theiH exull 
at thedovynfall of what they called ' Jeflersonianism' or the • i;:- 
ilnencepf France.' We have heard them speak in raptures oi." 
British 'justice and ' moderaliov,' while they gave full credit to 
our goVernmeutfor its honat exertions for the restoralioii of trade, 
and heard them constantly crying out, thot as • we had done aU 
that Q. Britain desired, by placing l»er on the sa/ne fooling with 
France, she was willing to do all we could demand,' and had onl/ 
waited for a 'fair opportunity' to manifest the kindness of her iii<- 



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tentions towards us Head the exirarfs a yarn aiti then, bear 

with rne a moment, while I sneak of tkinn-x ax they are. 

These arran^'^ment!?, so much boasted <)'' — these evidences of 
the '■honor — the jmlice — the mag'na/nrtii/tj' and moJerafion of Britain 
are disj^olved into air-^thcir foundation wis built oh the hoUo\o 
sand? it rolled a\v:ty at the vrtath of a minister, and the fa brick 
has fallen — Britisli faith was violated — ' the saered pledge of a 
British minister' is up.rcdepmed — the orders m council (or the 
principle of theiii) are in full operation ; and millions of Ameri^ 
can property, and thousands of American seamen, are at the 
mercy of these 'Modern Carthagenians 

— No sooaer was the President's procliunation for the restoration 
. of coiufnerce with iin2,!ind made known, tha i the beam of plea- 
sure lighted up evvry countenance, for all desired ind wished for 
peace. The seamen, with avidity again sought the ocean, and 
all the seas we/e speedily enlivened by tlie sti'ipes of Ame ica. 
Immense supplies of provisions, of naval stores, cotton, &c. were 
speedily dispatnhc'd ro England — they arrived, or were oa their 
way thither not likely to be iuterrupted — and Mr.. Canning saiv 
proper to DisAvw A }.L the procbrdi^'^gs of FiRSKi^^E ivhch led to 
evr./its xo apparenHij haj>p}j ! 

To jnstiiy this jPo/Vci^', Mr Canning has laid before paj-liament 
a certain paper said to contain the body of the instructions on 
which Mr. Eiskine was ' authorized' to promise a revocation of 
the iri()ute-mposi;i-^ orders in council. I put down that man as an 
arrant fool, wlio can nathj believe that this paper does contain 
those instructions by which Mr. Erskiue was ' authorized' to 
make the engagenients he did — for they are no more hke his pro- 
positions * than ! am to Ilei-culcs,' us any man ujay see at the very 
iirst glance. — Th-jj contain no p-ovision whatever on accou.nt of 
the Chesapeake ; but Mr. Eiskiiie o[>ene J his negocialion [{\nMu\tA 
.on the instructions he received by Oakley) by otlering an expia- 
tion for this ofTbnce: 'f'hc.y poe-tively state that we should engage 
not to carry on any trade in war to which we are not entitled in 
face. Mr. Esskine did not even hint at ar^y thing of the kind. 
T/iry contain, besides, a number of reiiuisitions. wliich the gross- 
est fool cannot miscomprehend,— The truth is, Mr. Erskine may 
.4iave received t!iis de^vpatob bearing d ite Jan. 23— butihat it was 
not tfie whole 0/ liii insti uctious, is evident from the face of 5 as 
well as from the assertions of Mr. OAniung himself in the House 
•of Commons In ciin.^idetiiig this business an attention to dates 
is of no small imo: tanoe :—'i'hese instructions are dated Jaiin.t- 
ry 13, the news of the complete discomfiture of the British army 
in Spain, and tlie death of Sir John Moo'-e at Corunna, was re- 
ceived on the S[)-h — (.'ampheirs report, before alluded to, reached 
^^ngland a (\,\.y or two aj'terwards ; Mr Oakly was appointsd the 
oeaTer of disoa.ches to the U. Slates about the ti/A of February, & 
sailed somevvheie about ihe loth of the same month. 

It is notorious, th.it events io Europe have always had an im- 
mediate effect on the conduct of Britain towards US. An honest 

man, whether in |)!Osperily or a (vibrsity, is always the same 

circumsl'incrs do not alter the nature of justice — let us hear what 

one of their own writers says on this sulijcct Listen to it ; it 

contains a b,;;iy of obstiaaie litcts, taken from Bell's Weekly 
Messenger: 



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" But the point of fact is, that the disavowal of Mr. Erskine's act 
53 of a piece with the general conduct of England towards America. 
Whenever circumstances have in any way admitted it, our tone to- 
wards America has always been- insulting, and our conduct every- 
thing but friendly. Every new hope on the Continent ; every straw 
to the drowning expectations of Europe, ha* but aggravated this un- 
worthy sentiment. — In our prosperity we have bulhed America, and 
when things are not so well with us, we have vented our strife in in- 
jurious language and unworthy conduct towards her. Whilst there 
were any hope in Spain, America could get nothing direct from us. , 
But disappointment brought iis to our senses, and the negotiation was 
renewed. The coalition war on the Continent has since broke out, 
and we begin to repent of our condescension. 

" In this manner has the American negotiation been on and oflF, 
during some years. — Our demands rising with<.our hopes and prospe* 
rity, and our moderation co e.xistent with our disappointment." 

Let it be recollected, that, on several occasions, Mr. Erskine did 
solemnly declare to our government that he was ' authorized' to make 
the engagements he did. When the British order of April the 10th 
wa* received here, (which modified, or, in some degree, changed the 
operation of the provisions of the previous orders in council), Mr. 
Erskine promptly came forward, in ohedience to new instructions, 
and gave nexc assurances to our government that the engagements he 
had entered into would ' be strictly fulfilled on the part of his majes- 
ty.' If he was mistaken in the first instance, it is literally impossible 
he could be in the second ; besides, he assures all his friends that he 
was ' authorized,' and Mr. Oakley, who brought his instructions, on 
the first intimation of a ' disavowal,' roundly and vehemently pro- 
nounced the informj^tion to be entirely false, saying it was impossible 
that Mr Canning could have uttered the expressions attributed to 
him. What now becomes of the ' French influence'' which prevented 
us from coming to an amicable adjustment with England ? Gone — 
sunk — put in the black hole with the ^ honour and moderation' of 
Britain, of which our tories have prated so much. 

A short detail of these facts was necessary to a proper understand- 
ing of the malignity and baseness of the extracts I next propose to 
introduce. I am sensible that the preceding observations can possess 
but little interest with those who have examined th^ whole proceed- 
ings between the two governments — they are intended for such as 
have not had an opportunity to do so. I conclude, for the present, 
with simply observing, that I have never yet heard any man speak 
calmly on the subject, who believed that what has been published as 
Erskine's instructions, were really the instructions on which he pro- 
mised reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake, and a revocation 
of the orders in council. 

^ But our tories publicly pretend to believe, what they privaiely 
know to be fabe. 



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I have commented a little upon the iiarture of those ' instructions^ 
which Mr. Canning, the British minister, published to justify his 
disavowal of Erskine's engagements. We have had many evidences, 
of Mr. C's sincerity ; on more than one occasion he has proved him- 
self guilty of palpable falsehood, or gross misrepresentation, in his 
written communications on American affairs, as I can and will render 
manifest, from his own works, if the truth of this assertion is barely 
denied. If any man will read the letter of instructions dated Jansary 
23 (the only tiling that has been published to shew Mr. E. acted 
without authority) and compare them with the engagements actually 
itiade, he must put down Erskine for a natural fool, or Mr. Canning 
for a villanous knave, for they have about as much affinity with re- 
lation to each other as ' chalk has to cheese.' Nay, Canning him- 
self, impudent as he is, has not pretended to say that these were the 
only instructions forwarded to Mr. Erskine ; or that these were the 
orders sent by the special messenger Oakley ; having assured us there 
were others which, at present it would be ' impolitic'' to lay before 
the public ! He left the dirty work for his * scoundrel printers,'* and 
pensioned rascals in the IJnited States, to argufy the point, that 
Mr. Erskine had mis-comprehended the nature of his dispatches of 
,tanuary 23 ; and heaven knows, they have eagerly undertaken the 
-business. The chill, frosty-faced November-countenance of Mr. 
Canning would have been covered with blushes, had he attempted to 
vindicate himself in the manner they have done....' Conscience makes 
cowards of us all,' and the glorious trio, Canning, Castlcreagh, and 
Dundas, could never have sumpioned assurance enough to implicate 
our government because they themselves chose to make a scape goat 
of Erskine. 

This dispatch of January 23, it is said, Mr. Erskine was permitted 
to shew our government, ' in extenso.^ Here let us stop, and wonder at 
the turpitude of the * British party in America''.. ..they immediately 
took it for granted that this, the only dispatch to Mr. Erskine, had 
been laid before our administration ; and wheeled right about from all 
their fine speeches about Mr. Madison, and put him down for a cool 

calculating villain The dispatch was not seen by the 

administration — Mr. Erskine's full powers, as minister plenipotentia- 
ry, were sufficient, amply sufficient, to secure the credulity of a na- 
tion even more suspicious of British faith than America has been — 
and such as fully justified our government in trusting to the plain, 
positive and solemn conditions and promises he made, and no man ia 
his sober senses will attempt to deny it — But let us proceed to notice 
a few extracts on this head : 

The Federal Repubhcan.of July 31, contains a long article as if 
written by Canning himself, whom it completely exonerates from 
zvery thing like censure : and goes on to implicate our government as 

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kaving known that Mr. Erslcine was not authorised to make tha ftfi 
rangements he did — the essay concludes thus — 

" The people have been flagrantly deceived and grossly abused. 
The matter rests between Erskine and Administration. Wherever 
%\ie blame shall attach it is for the people to apply or originate the 
remedy." 

It is worthy of remark that this article gives full credence to Mr. 
Canning, while it denies common sense or common honesty to 
Mr. Eiskine and our government ! Thihk of it. Mr. Canning has 
merely asserted that Erskine acted contrary to his instructions ; and 
has acknowledged, in parliament, that the thing published so tri- 
umphantly in our pensioned gazettes, as the guide of the minister, 
was not the whole of his instructions. But the charge of perfidy (say 
Livermore and Hanson) is shifted from the shoulders of the British 
ministry. ' it must alight somewhere, and where it falls it must crush 
the guilty.' What will the rogues say when Canning shall be com- 
pelled, as shortly he will be, to acknowledge his guilt ? 

* It is for the people to apply the remedy.' Now the people can- 
not apply any remedy for the conduct of Erskine ; it therefore fol- 
lows, that our governmant has been the instrument of the damnable 
fraud! Are these the sentiments of the federal party? The gang, 
which conducts this paper, say they act ' in the name of the Federal 
party in Maryland.' (see their paper July 20.) If the federalists do 
hold such sentiments as these Junto men do — may God send them a 
speedy passage to Nova Scotia, lest war with England should come, 
and the gibbet finish their crimes against their country. Though the 
body of the federalists do not hold with such sentiments, the most of 
their leaders do ; and it becomes the people to guard themselves 
against this party devoted to England, hostile to our constitution, 
unfriendly to the right of suffrage, and desirous of having an esta- 
blished church, while by their votes, they have the power to control. 
or annihilate that influence they have used to mislead and destroy. 

Again 

*' What was but a few days ago a doubtful' point, is now settled by 
the publication of Mr. Erskine's instructions. Sufficient information 
has been received to convince all candid persons, that the rancour 
with which the English cabinet has been pursued, and the violent 
abuse with which it has been assailed, was undeserved. We do not 
entertain a' doubt when all the circumstances shall have been dis- 
closed, that it will appear that secretary Smith actually saw Erskine'e 
instructions, and that the arrangement was made, merely as an ex- 
periment. We feel confident that the thing will be put upon this 
footing. If then the United States will be ultimately injured by the 
act, they will judge where the blame hes." Fed. Rep. July. 27. 

From authority which cannot be disputed, I fearlessly assert, that 
the insinuations herein contained are false : — but mark the wretches, 
and see how smoothly they justify the conduct of Britain, wliile they 
implicate that of M^dis*)n which they so lately extolled to the «kie?. 



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'* Those who were most violent at first in calumniating England, 
are now willing at least to suspend their decision, if not to admit that 
our own cabinet in some measure will participate in Mr. Erskine's 
"blame." Fed. Rep. Aug. 2. 

' Calumniating England !' — Gracious heaven ! can it he ' calumny' 
to find fault with a nation who (admitting Erskine was unauthorized) 
16 determined to regulate the trade of America — to declare where we 
shall go and where we shall not go — to define what articles of our 
own growth we may sell and what we shall not sell but to her sub- 
jects, or such others as she shall be pleased to say we may deal with ? 
The truth is, that the disavowal of the British ministry, as establish- 
ing a principle on which they are determined to act, is as gross an 
attack upon our sovereignty as she has ever yet made ; and must be 
resisted — to submit is slavery — accursed be he who proposes it. 

" No man will admit the belief that Mr. Canning would expose 
himself to the folly and infamy of asserting a falshood, and furnish- 
ing the parliament and the world with the means of detecting it." 

Boston CentineL 

In reply to lord Henry Petty's call for more papers on American 
affairs, Mr. Canning declared that further than the 'instructions to 
Mr. Erskine,' already published, no others could with propriety be 
laid before parliament. ' Parliament and the world,' will not be fur- 
nished with the means of detecting the falshood of Mr. Canning, 
but through Mr. Erskirie ; who, I am assured, wilP completely ex- 
pose him, in due season. Why i— not the editor of the Centinel 
suppose it as possible for Mr. Canning to commit a ' falshood,' as it 
is for Mr. Erskine ? Is Mr. Canning, like Timothy Pickering, a 
federal, ' Aristides ?' — a man who cannot be guilty of a dishonest ac- 
tion ? 

*' Two very weighty considerations here present themselves. Ei- 
ther INIr. E: skine did not deviate from his instructions or he corrupt- 
ly transcended his power with the privity and consent of our govern- 
ment." Fed. lie p. July 31. 

From this doctrine it follows, that if any corruption whatever did 
exist, ' our government' must have participated in it. ' It is a dirty 
bird that fouls its own nest.' 

" In short he [Mr Erskine] surrendered every thing, and got 
nothing in return." • ibid. 

Refer to many of the former extracts and you will find the plain 
He given to this — take the following as a single instance : ^ 

*' Great Britain, in the true spirit of amity is willing to meefffi 
the non-intercourse l.iw affords her a fair opportunity to nego- 
tiate." Fed. Rep. April 25 

Gardenicr, Randolph, and all the other federalists in Congress, 
3ecla,red, in the most positive terms, that by the non-intercourse law 
Great Britain had obtained all that ' she wanted' or ' could reasona- 
bly expect.' Look back, and refer to their spoedir-s as quoted. 

" For our part we have had but one opinion from the commence- 



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ment of this 'mysterious affair ;' and we have made boW to express 
it — it is, that Mr. Erskine had acted contrary to his instructions, and 
that the secretary Smith knew what these instructions were." 

Fed. Rej). July 31, 
The writer then goes on, and by lying insinuations, makes our 
gV 'ernment responsible for the safety of our property confided to the 
Oct n in consequence of the pledge of the British minister. The 
assertion is false, that our government ever saw Mr. Er.skine's in- 
structions, or knew any thing of the nature of their contents further 
than he informed them of. 

Great additions might be made to these extracts, but I am sick of 
them, and shall hasten to close the series by a few references to the 
proceedings of the ' friends of order' during the time of the embargo, 
evidences of their respect for the law ; satisfied that enough has 
been adduced to convince any honest man that the party strug- 
gling for power, as proved by their own works, are unworthy to 
possess it. 

That the leaders of the present Federal ^pATty have nothing Ameri- 
tan in their whole composition, has, in my opinion, been ujiquestion- 
ibly demonstrated in the preceding extracts and remarks ; which uni- 
formly evince a pre-determination to believe every thing that Greats 
Britain has done, or can do, to be consistent with the dictates of 
honor and magnanimity ,'' tempcred'by ' moderation' and an ' ardent 
desire to promote an adjustment of differences between the two coun- 
tries.' We have seen that the mere assertion of Georfre Canningf, a 
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man proved, by ms own written communications on American affairs, 

;o be guilty of the grossest insincerity, if not of the most palpable 
falshoods, given full credence to by the ' Federalists,' while the 
most solemn assurances of Mr. Erskine, a gentleman unimpeached 
ivith crime, are put down as matters of no consideration whatever ! 
W& have observed further, .that this assertion of Canning, lame and 
nconclusive as it is, has been deemed sufficient with the Federalists 
'or an opinion, that Madison, lately so boasted of, must ' participate 
n Erskine's blame !' 

Whence this constant disposition to justify and palliate every out 
age and insult which Great Britain sees proper to imoose on the A- 
nerican people? Think of it, children of independence ! — and shake 
>ff the caitiff race of pensioned slaves or natur;il aristocrats, who un- 
;easingly labor to bring you into ' alliance' with the corrupt and cor- 
upting government of England. 

It is known to every man conversant in the political concerns of 
)ur country, that there were two kinds of ' Federalists,' so called,, 
n the United States. At the head of one, the American "Federal- 
sts, was placed John Adams, late president of the United States — 
he commanders in chief of the other, were Alexander Hamilton, Ti- 
riothy Pickering, Charles C. Pinckney, haviiior under them for^ifu- 
enants, Christopher Gore, Peter Porcupine, ROBERT GOOD- 
LOE HARPER, with many others * too tedious to mention.' Ti»R 



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latter part^ dictated to Mr. Adams the most of those measures whicli 
rendered his administration so obnoxious to the people. In fact they 
were presidents over the president, for the first two, or two and a half 
years of his term of office. At length it became manifest to Mr. 
Adams that this clan had in view many objects repugnant to the rights 
and liberties, and neutrality and independence of the United States ; 
he denounced them as a ' British party,'' and, as far as in him laid, 
made reparation for the damage they had done to the country, by in- 
volving it in a controversy with France, which then was and now is, 
the favorite and chief design of the self-entitled ' friends of order, 
religion and law !' In proof of these observations^! earnestly recom- 
mend to the honest enquirer a serious perusal of Mr. Adams' letters, 
about to be issued from the office of this paper. They develope one 
of the most villainously systematic designs gainst the welfare of a 
people, that I ever read of. 

In truth, the whole affections of the Junta federalists are English. 
Refer to their speeches in Congress, and elsewhere — view the whole ^ 
tenor of their actions in every part of the union ; and he who doubts 
shall be convinced. ' War with France and alliance with England,' 
are the first principles of their political creed. What the infamous 
Porcupine labored for, ten years since, his party labor for now. I 
will prove that William Cobbett, that beast-like incendiary — that 
.acknowledged hireling of England to provoke America into a rupture 
with France — that sworn enemy of republicanism, and libeller of eve- 
ry good man in America — a wretch covered with crimes, and as base 
in private as in public life, was the head, the, chief counsellor anS 
adviser of that party which NOW desire us to ' seek shelter under 
the British cannon, and declare war against France,' or in the words 
of governor Gore, ' to unfurl the republican banner against the Impe 
aial standard.' 

The people of Maryland may well recollect the sensations they 
felt on the attack of the Chesapeake — with almost one accord they 
flew to arms, the last resort of insulted sovereignty — they pledged 
their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor, to support the go 
vernment in such measures as it might see proper to adopt to aveng 
or expiate the bloody, damning deed. The great body of the Fede 
ralists joined the current of public opinion, and fo^- a time appeare 
willing to go with it to any extent. But, the fervor of the momen 
being past, we beheld, in this city, a public newspaper disseminatin 
a series of essays to prove, the attack not only justifiable, but thai 
the blame rested exclusively on the shoulders or our own administr 
tion ! ! ! The blood of the murdered Americans, yet moistened th| 
decks of o\xr frigate, when Luther Martin, in the North America; 
undertook to shew, that the conduct of Humphreys and Berkley w 
not only agreeably to law, but commendable for the spirit and dec] 
sion with which they had acted. His arguments were published in 
paper just established by the Haniiltonian, Pickarooning or Junt 
federalists to obtain an ascendancy in Maryland, at an enormous ej 
pense » 



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I have oftentimes said, and I repeat it, that Qur federalists will gc 
further to justify Great Britain in every measure whatever, than her 
Own ministry or ministerial wtiters will do. They (the British) talk- 
ed about reparation, a federal paper built up by the party for the 
avowed purpose of inculcating federal principles, attempted to prove, 
that instead of reparation being made to us, something like an apolo- 
gy was due from us 



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*' Is there not some chosen cfirse 

" Some secret thunder in the stores of heav'n 

^ To blast such" Federalism ? 

As it was with the federahsts, two years since, so it is now. They 
make greater exertions to vindicate the British ministry, in the eyes 
of the world, on account of their violation of the solemn engagements 
they lately entered into with th# U. S. than the British ministry 
themselves attempted to use before the house of commons when called 
upon for an account of their negotiations with America. 

All the leaders of the present federal party are of the Hamilton or 

Pickering faction, so ably exposed by president Adams their 

power to do harm is derived from the ' American federalists' too often 
supporting them hy their votes at elections, for want of a proper dis- 
crimination between the two material sections of the party — though 
they are intrinsically as opposite to each other as heaven is to hell — 
or light to darkness. 

Tv e are all too apt to he influenced by names. The British printer 
Cobbet was a federalist — his successor Fenno, an American born, 
who publicly advocated a " consolidated union' between England 
and America, and boastingly said, in allusioiT to these states, ' that 
the King would have his own aga^n,'' was a federahst — every British 
agent, or Scotch pedlar, who mounted the black cockade in the furi- 
ous times of '98, was a federalist — the Episcopalian clergyman, who 
thought it no disgrace to his cossack to be the ajm in arm companion 
of Cobbet, and to laugh at our republican institutions, was a federal- 
ists — Stephen Cullen Carpenter (who in a late publication acknow- 
ledges his devotion to England, and who, for a long time was enga- 
ged in publishing federal papers in the United States) was a federalist 
' — Doctor Dwignt of Connecticut, who pronounced in a late lecture 
to his pupils, the " Declaration of inoependence to be a wicked 
thing,' was and is a federalist — Robert Goodloe Harper, the intimate 
fciend of the British minister Liston ; v hose famous speecn in the 
American congress was distributed at the expense of the Brit.sh go- 
vernment through Ireland, by thousands, was and is a federalist • 

every toryinthe United States. \vho bore arms against us during the 
revolution, or fled to Nova Scoter, to hide his crimes from his coun- 
trymen, is a federalist — Timothy Pic^'ering, who. at the head of », re- 
fiment of patriots, p;-eferred praying to fighting, at a tinjr- wlen his 
ondft eadeftTours would have completely destroyed * whole British 



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iaiitiy, an«l who lias ever since been the * great advocate iW the Bri- 
tish cause in America,' was and is a federalist — Philip B. Ke_y, who 
until lately enjojed a pension from the British government for his 
services against this country, and now a member of Congress from 
Maryland, was and is a federalist — Alexander Hamilton,, the 
father of the Federalism of this day, who desired a president for 
life, and a senate for life, was a federalist — Theodore Sedgwick and 
Governeur Morris, who pronounced the people of the United States, 
' an ignorant herd — incapable of s#lf-government,' were federalists — 
Coleman, who said he would ' rather be a dog, than own himself an -j 
American,^ is a federalist ; nay, the best of federalists — Tracy, who 
trished the ' constitution burnt at the point of the bayonet,' was a 
federalist- James Ross, twice a disappointed candidate for the go- 
vernorship of Pennsylvania, who desired by ' few bold strokes to 
silence opposition,' was, and xs. a federalist — a late Senator of the 
United States, who declared that ' order and good government could 
never be preserved while the fai^llrers, mechanics and labourers could 
live upon ducks and turkies ; and that they must be reduced by taxes, \ 
to the situation of the peasantry of Ireland and be compelled to live \ 
on herrings and potatoes alone^'' was a federalist James A. Bay- 
ard, who said the ' people were their own^worst enemies,' was, and 

is a federalist and a thousand other such men I could mention, 

are federalists But, by the altar pf ' Seventy-six,' the^ 

are not American federalists. 

The misfortune is, that, by the general name of federalists, the 

people— the honest American federalists, are deceived, and lured 

into the support of men and measures, which their souls must abhor, 
when they come to reflect on the subject as it deserves If they 
would adopt the rule of an old revolutionary officer of the Pennsyl- 
vania line, in giving their votes, the Picaroon party would instantly 
sink into nothing. His cus|^om is as follows — 

When he goes to the polls, he furnishes himself with the two op* 
posing tickets, and marks well the name» which are printed upon 
them. He afterwards looks fibout him to see what kind of men sup- 
port or oppose these tickets, as soon as he discovers individuals who 
were known tories during the war, making themselves busy to pro- 
mote the success of either, his. mind is made up ; — he votes against 
them, and feels conscious of havinjy performed his duty to his coun- 
try. 

In my next, after a few prefatory remarks on the present heads of 
the ' federal ' party in New-England, I shall proceed to offer a body 
of extracts, to prove that the f^leralists are the enemtes of the union • 
— and, that they are not entitled to the honouiable name they as- 
sume, but of right, ought to be called Tories. Such, in truth, they 

are * bloody tories' more dangerous to the liberties of the United 

States now, than they were in seventeen hundred and seventy-six. 

During the ' Federal' administration, the party latterly struggling 
$in fact) to dissolve the confederatiorir, assume^ to themselves ihfi ex- 



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r''.usive fippf'llation of * friends of order end good government j^ 
nay, so Ifitcly as a few weeks since we have heard the assassins 
who edit the *i'cderal Republican' prate in the same stile. Their 
cominon cry was * the government must be supported — if you do 
net like tbu administration, endeavor to have it changed in a con- 
stiliitional manner,' &c. &c. As J;nita federalism is the federalism 
of the gang who dirett the proceedings of the federal party in Ma- 
ryland ; and as all their orders are received from the head quar- 
ters at Boston, I believe I shall render a service to my country by 
shewing what the federalism of the junta was while the embargo 
laws continued in force. 1 wish to be expressly understood as not 
speaking disrespectfully of the people of New England if, in these 
observations, I shall occasionally introduce an expression to shew my 
detestation of the designs of the Junta, i. e. the leaders of th^ party 
called Federal. I am satisfied that the people, generally, as well 
from inclination as interest, are firmly attached to the Union; and 
those of Massachusetts particularly so ; for, of all the states in 
the confederacy, fhe would suffer most on being treated as a fo- 
reigner in the ports of others; as her native productions for export 
ave^ trifling, taking into view her full population, and comparing 
her with any one of the remaining sixteen. 

I am net one of those who apprehended that the lawyers of 
Massachusetts (for reader, (he lawyers there, as well as the law- 
vers here, were the chief ' friends of commerce') would have been 
able to seduce the yeomanry from the constitution of their coun- 
tr}', and cause them to raise the standard of open rebellion to the 
laws of the land. Their impudence — their hostility to a republicaa 
system of government — their arts, power and declamations, as- 
sisted by their auxiliaries in the pulpit, in some few instances, ex- 
cited the people to a momentary madness — but it would not do ; 
the vast bulk of society looked serenely on, and waited but the 
word to annihilate these allies of England, in her attempt to im- 
pose a tribute on the trade of America. A vast majority of the 
fighting men, even of priestly Connecticut, would have risera 
with irresistible majesty in defence of the laws of the union. The 
lawyers talked — but the people would have acted. The^prm nerv- 
ed by honest industrj-, will do better duty in the field, than the 
tongue polluted by falshoods innumerable. 

AH the proceedings, of a treasonable cast, in the New England 
states, originated with the junta at Bostorty and were carried oa 
precisely in the same manner as they a-re now managing, or at' 
tempting to manage the concerns of our state. Not content 
with throwing the\r firebrands through Massachusettr, they hurled 
them into the neighbouring states in every direction. Their ?'n^ 
cendiary agents were young lijnbs of the law, destitute of chz- 
Tseter or reputation ; moa having nothing to lose ; candidates fo^ 



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telcbrity, Iflt It be obtained ?is it niight; who would rather be in- 
famously famous than honorably obscure — who were above the 
" dull pursuits of civil life," and aspiring to something beyond 
what, by an honest exercise of their own talents, and the genius of 
the government of their country, they could ever hope to obtain. 
"The junta well knew that such rnen would obey them with the 
most scrupulous attention — " Give me an army of thieves,''^ said 
a commander of antiquity, *^ for storming a city'''' — "give us art 
army of laxvyers,''- said the Junta, ** for destroying the happi- 
ness of the people.''^ For this purpose they receive a patent by 
education ; and have the same propensity to promote and cherish 
discord, as tlie robber has for the goods tvhich do not belong to 
him. I speak generally. — Animosities between neighbors, and 
indiscriminate plunder, constitute the means by which the two 
professions exist. JVhich is the most honorable, I shall not at- 
tempt to determine. Cvstom has legalizefl, as it were, the cor- 
ruption of the bar ; and the " holiness of the Judiciary" shields 
them from harm. If a lawyer cheats a man out a just claim, he 
is called " eminent in his profession," and ail rr;en resort to him 
for advice : — Barrington, of London was the best pick-pocket 
ever known ; but even " the gentlemen of the bar" did not coun- 
tenance and protect him — and his " practice" finally transported 
him to Botany Bay. 

I consider these remarks as necessary to a just understanding of 
the characters of the most prominent men at the Eastern [oppo- 
sition] town meetings. From a careful examination of the pro- 
ceedings, I can assure the reader, that at nineteen out of tivenly 
of them, (at least) lawyers were presidents or secretaries, ora- 
tors in favor of commerce^ or proposers of resolutions, friendly to 
*' trade, ''^ At several of them, the laivyers were everything; 
and, if my memory ser\-es me correctl}', even in the great com- 
mercial city of New York, a latoyer was chairman, a lawyer was 
secretary — a lawyer was the resolution-malier — and lawyers were 
the chief or onl}^ spoutcrs agf^inst the laws of our country impos- 
ing restrictions on trade. These facts may teach us an awful, 
but v.seful; lesson — for an ideot cannot believe that the laxvyers, 
who felt less than any other class of society the distress of the 
tiijies, were the only or best advocates for obtaining a repeal oi 
the laws nnposing restrictions on commerce. 

I shall not pretend to give the extracts in any regular order: 
sufficient is it that they are presented, to shew in what Pickering 
'deralism,' the federalism of the times, docs consist. I would 
ily caution the reader constantly to recollect, that the British 
liders are now in force — that the attack on the Chesapeake is 
stlU unatoned for — that Britain has not done us " justice," 
though we resisted the Berliu decree by the non-hitercourse law, 
end placed her, as the " Federalists" themselves have admitted^ 
OA «ui *f equal footing with Fraa«e«'* 




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« In my mind ttie present crisis excites the mo«t serious appre' 
hentions. j1 storvi seems to be gathering vvliich portends not a 
tempest on the ocean, but domestic convulsions ! — However pain^ 
ful the task, a sense of duty calls upon me to raise my voice and 
use my utmost exertions to prevent the passing of this bill. I feel 
myself bound in conscience to declare, lest the blood of those who 
should fall in the execution of this measure should be on my bead, 
that I consider this to be an act which directs a mortal blow at 
the liberties of my countrj' : an act containing unconstitutional 
provisions to which the people are not hound to submit j and to 
which, in my opinion, they will not submit J'^ 

Hillhouse^s speech in the Senate on the bill for 
enforciiig the Embargo. 

The above is an open invitation to the people to commence hos- 
tilities against each other, given b}' a member of the Senate from 
the capitol of the United States. 

** What think you of those faithless Representatives m Con- 
gress, the Cooks, the Cutts, the Storys, the Seavers, the Deans, 
kc. who* not only have not the courage to defend our intprests 
and our rij^hts, but have been the most active in destroying them"? 
For myself, I cannot find language to express the coHtempt and. 
indignation I feel for such baseness, treachery, and cowardice. 
The public will, I trust, set a mark vpon them ! — that they may 
not, xvhen the day of retribution arrives, escape the vengeancv 
of a much injwcd people. ''\ Boston Gazette, March 23. 

Here is * order and good government' with a ' vengeance'' in- 
.deed ! The representatives of the people are to have * a mark 
set upon them' for * vengeance.'* 

" Resolved, That we will mutuall}' watch and protect what lit- 
tle property we have still left— that we will use all laxvful mean*,', 
* to arrest disturbers and breakers of the peace, or such others as 
may, (under pretrnce of authority from government) go armed 
by night,' or utter any menaces, or threatening speeches, to the 
fear and terror of the good people of this town; and that we will 
ever hold in abhorrence pimping and spies and night-walkers, who 
jtrive to fatten on the spoils of their sulTering fellow-citizens. 

^ Resolved, That to our State Government we look for coun- 
cil, protection and relief, at this awful period of general calamity." 

Gloucester ResolvcSy January 12. 

The persons acting ' under pretence of authorit}' from govern- . 
ment,' were persons appointed to prevent the good people of 
Gloucester from violating the laws, by smuggling. 

" The inhabitants of the town of Boston, in town meeting i> 
sembled, respectfully represent — That they are constrained to ap- 
ply to your honorable bod}'', as the immediate guardians of their 
rights and liberties, for your interposition to procure for them re- 
liefhom the grisvanGCi which they uow sv^vr, under the ope-- 



i 4* 

i%tion of the laws of the general govGnirnent, abolishhig foreigp. 
commerce, and subjecting the coasting trade to embarrassments 
which threatens its annihilation. Our hope and consolation rest 
with the legislature of our state, to whom it is competent to de- 
vise means of relief against the unconstitutional measures of the 
general government — That your powers is adequate to this object 
is evident /"ro?;! the organization of the confederacy /" 

Extract from the Boston M'^morial to the Lefislaturs 

of Massac h us e t ts. 
The * confederacy' here spoken of is aptly believed to be that 
^vhich was formed between certain leading men in New-Hamp- 
shire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Connecticut, for opposino- 
the operation of the laws of tlie union. These men held an inti- 
mate communion with the governor-general of the British provin- 
ces in America, who prepared the militia of Canada, and for a 
long time detained at Halifax a powerful MccI: and army * to act ai 
circumstances might require.' Having mentioned his excellen- 
cy the governor-general, I cannot do less than introduce an ex- 
tract from one of his speeches, to shew that he held precisely the 
same language as the tories of Massachusetts, &c. 

" It might reasonably have becii expected, indeed, that tlje 
aiiore the subject was discussed, the more would the true interest 
of the American become obvious to the people at large of that 
Country, and that, induced by these, long ere this, an accommo- 
dation honorable and advantageous to both parties might have ta- 
ken place. — I am enabled to state to you that sucli has not been 
the course that has been pursued. The conduct of the American 
government, so far as we are acquainted with it, has carried with 
5t no indications of a conciliatory disposition. In pity to the suf- 
ferings of their own people to whom it was infaiitely more injuri- 
ous than it was to those against whom the measure was directed, 
they have raised the embargo, but they have substituted for it, an 
Act by which after the 20th May next, all intercourse with. 
Great Britain and France is prohibited. As a feature of hostility 
this is even more strongly marked than the embargo was, and 
when coupled with the language wMiich was held by the leading 
people during the discussion it underwent, as well as on ever? 
other occasion, in which England was adverted to, dining tlie 
Session of Congress, it furnishes no ground on which wc should 
be led to a departure from that vigilance and caution which, in 
our peculiar situation, have hitherto been thought so uncertain — I 
ieel myself warranted in the reliance I place on your ready co-ope- 
ration in the renewal of those acts wliicb, with a particular viovr 
to this object were passed in the last parliament, aiid which will 
otherwise expire with the present session, or in any other mea- 
tfure which may be deemed expedient." 

Extract from a speech delivered to the Provincial -parliaincnt of 
Lo-wcr Canada^ at Quebec, Jpril 20, 1809, by thcgovcrnovc 



k 1,^ ) 

From tliis it appears that the Firltish govcrner held t'le snm* 
Idea oi'our emlargo laws as his Federal brctln-rn in tlic Unitcc^ 
♦States. — The ' true interest' of America dcjr/auded their aboliiion ! 
This goveniorj so g-enerous and considerate, at li)at~ very time, 
iicld the savages in a state of- preparation to, carry thfe, tomahawk 
.and scalping hnife into our country ! I beg the reader to rer<5r to an 
.extract from Iliilhoiise' Speech on the Non-iutcrcom-se law, as quo- 
ted in these writings in which he says, * it is v/ar — war of the 
worst kindj' t\c. Bijyard. also expressed like cpinions. There is 
ijot a ' shade of difTerencc,' between the British governor e,nu A- 
merican conirrcssinen. But let us proceed — 

" llrsolvcdy That we have hitljerta borne with silence the scr 
»ere pressure of these ruinous laws [embargo laws] — and although 
>ve now deem it our duty to speak with firmness and decision nur 
detestation of them and the policy wliich gave rise to them, we 
will sliil keep down the spirit of indignation which swells within 
us at the endurance of them, and will conduct toward the Nation- 
al Government and its several olUcers with suitable deference and 
moderation ; that we do however .despair of obtaining an}^ redress. 
of these grievancesj from that government, while its principal of- 
fices are illied as at present ; and that our only hope is that tlie 
State government, by, their remonstrances asid resolutions, may 
have more influence in efiecting this object, than the petitions and, 
inemoriais of individuals and to\yus. 

" Resolved., therefore^ That a respectful addrc.s be forwarded 
in the name of the people of this tow^n to the Legislature of this 
Commonwealth, stating to thern tlie wrongs and grievances we 
already suffer, and the fearful appreliensions we experience of 
speedily having our calamity increased by the addition of still more 
restrictive and arbitrary law^s; expressing to them our r.pprcbnlioa 
of the measures they have already adopted upon this importa:Jt ob- 
ject, and requesting them to take such other immediate steps for 
relieving the people, either by themselves alone or in concert wntli 
other commercial states, as the extraordinary circumstances of 
our situation may require." 

The foregoing are to ba found among the resolve? of the ^ pa- 
triots of Bath,' as they are called. In thorn, ws again have an; 
allusion to a *- confederacy.' — A hand-bill was. circulated througti 
Connecticut recommending ' a connection between the New- 
England States and Canada and Nova-Scotia,, for the protection 
of commerce !' The London Courier (a h.igh ministerial print) 
gravely observed, about the time of t-Iiese outrageous proceedings, 
that the * Fedcrali&ts of the United States xvcre advocates Jbr 
British Connection.'' 

" It is understood, that the merchants, of this town have gene- 
rally determined not to comply with the new embargo requisitions. 
They will i^oither give bonds or unload their vessels^ and .1 llro o? 



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fleers of the United States attempt to talie possession^ they will 
rust to an independent judiciary ol" their own state for protection.'* 

Boston Centlnel, Jan. 18. 

Here is open rebellion-T-the general government is threatened 
to be put into the subordination of the state gos'ernment. 

" The awful crisis has arrived, when it becomes necessary for 
the friends of our independence, to make a firm and decided stand 
— when it becomes all important to throw aside minor considera- 
tions, and unite for the common good; and when a sense of com- 
mon danger draws us together to meet the approaching storm. 

" With submission almost amounting to criminal apathy, we 
have suffered privations and restriction.^, never before expected of 
»r endured by a free people. Now, that even the means of sub- 
sistence is at hazard, and the sacred asylum of our dwellings, is^ 
no longer held inviolable — silence would be crimcy and Re6ii;tancff - 
•would become a virtue of the Jlrst magnitude ! ! ! 

*' Resolved^ That the restrictions and impositions on our trade 
and commerce, rire too great and ruinous, any longer to be borne 
— and that the general distress of our country demands immedi- 
ate relief. 

" Resolved, That, to the ruinous policy in the rejection of the' 
British treaty is justly attributable, the calamitous condition of 
country and its impending ruin." Extract from the 'proceed- 
ings of the town of August ay Jan. IG. 

I shall offer no comment on these — but leave the reader to 
siiake his ov,-n reflections. Other extracts will follow. 

" Americans ! Hearken to the languajje of truthy reason and 
the constitution ! 

" New England is approaching an azvful crisis. But her 
prosperity may yet be retrieved. Her destiny is still within her 
own controul : — And her hardy sons must now decide whether 
she shall remain humbled, prostrated, debased, at the feet of the 
liaus'htv mistress of the Union : or whether she shall at length as- 

All" 

sert her violated rights, and vindicate her insulted .honor. All mi- 
nor political controversies, all inferior party distinctions are ab- 
sorbed in this great national question between Virginia and the 
Korthern States !'' Boston Ccntinel, Sept. 31. 

Warm enough this — but see what follows : 

*' This perpetual embargo being unconstitutional, every man 
^vill perceive that he is not bound to regard it, but may send iiis 
produce or merchandize to a foreign market in the same manner 
as if the government had' never undertaken to prohibit it! — If all 
the petitions do not produce a relaxation or removal of the em- 
bargo, the people ought Immedlatehj to assume a higher tone. 

*' The govcrnmcut of Massachusetts has alio a diitij to per^^ 
form. This state is still sovereign au«l independent." 



( 17 > 

This language cannot be nVis-iindcrstood. Massnchitsetis is de» 
clared * sovt-rt't^^t} and indepcndciiV of the t/n/on .' 

" Resolved, That such has been our sufiering, and so great is 
bur alarnioccasioned by the extraordinary measures lately adopt- 
ed, that we shall never be contented luitii we arc secured from a 
repetition of the same evils. That a bare repeal of the obnoxious 
acts ought not, therefore, to satisfy a free and a prudent people, 
any more than the repeal of tlie British stampt act silenced the 
patriots of tliat da}' — That tiiere ought to be a solemn renuncia* 
tion of the ri^;^ht tluis assumed; and it is the opinion of tliis a??em- 
bly that legal and constitutional measures should be adopted for 
that purpose. 

" This assembly declare it is their deliberate opinion that there 
exists NO CAUSE of war with Great-Britnin; that such a war 
would be unjust, unnecessary, and extremely to be deplored ; that 
the removal of the embargo will not necessarily involve us in war, 
but should this be the alternative, it ought to be a war wUU 
France and not with Great-Britai'i. 

*' Inhabiting a part of the union the most engaged in foreign 
commerce, they think themselves qualifled to decide upon its risks, 
and the nature and extent of the injuries to which it is exposed ; 
and it is their firm belief that our commerce, unrestrained by self- 
destroying measures, might find miany j-ources of profitable em- 
ployment, without interfering in any degree with those principles 
of viaritime iaw^, which Grrat-Britain deems essential to her 
existence, and which in an eventful moment like the present, shs. 
will NEVER YIELD. 

"And this assembly cannot refrain from expressing t^eir con- 
viction, that neither the honor nor the permanent interests of the 
United States require that wg should drive Great-Britain, if it 
iVere in our power, to the surrendry of those claims so essential 
to her in the mighty conflict ia wniuh she is at present engaged; a 
conflict interesting to humanity, to vioralsy to religion^ and tlxe 
last Struggle of liberty. 

" In regard to the affair of the Chesapeake, it is true that A- 
mcricans should ever be ready to repel, at the ijazard of life, aa 
attack on a national ship : but, waving the provocation, on our 
part, the British government has, in every form disavowed, and 
the British nation disapproved the act. An honorable embassy ha» 
been sent to heal a wound unintentionally given and to make libe^ 
yal reparation. This we ha-js refused, while contrary to right 
reason, and established usage, we have persisted in a feeble but 
©ffensivo attempt reparation of our own choice. 

<* As to trie Orders of Council. It will be recollected that these 

orders, bearing date i-ith November, 1807, were occasioned by 

the Decree of the French iiu,,«ror, dated November 1800, declar. 

;„ iijg all the British dominions in a a..f^ of 'blockade. Great Britain 



48 ) 

m^y thiiik thrse orders cvompletely jusliHed by LexTalionii-' (law of 
retaliation; There is no reason to consider tlicra as originating 
from a c!i-|)ositicn iiostiic to tiii.s cuunlry, and they ought not to b? 
«o considered. 

»* ifuch bciii<?- the stale of thin'r?, it is our soscmn and decided 
OpinioJi, that should our national administration endeavour to 
pUmgc our country into a war wiih Great Britain, it .would be the 
dvity of every citizen to lift up his voice again'st it as equally un- 
just, impolitic :v;id ruinou';. 

I have given the preceding resolutions, &c. at Topsjield, at h\1i. 
leji^th, on account of the distinguished regard they received from 
the '■ fed(!ral' party. The vilest wi-etch who ever wrote in favor 
<?f a }3ritish mini.^iry for a shillinj; a da}', pent up in a garre'tt of 
Grub-i-treef, would have felt his face covered with blushes had he 
uttered such sentiments.- The\' are the ^ cap sheaf' of turpitude,- 
the ultimate end of honor and patriotism. They grve Briiain a 
right, or grant l:-er the privilege, to imprf^ss our seamen, if slie 
wants then! — and to- regulate oirr trcjde, as she may deem proper. 
Tho!/ arc ' (dl a lie. Britain lighting for ' humanity, mcralSj, 
Teli'~ion and liberty .' ." Gracious Keaven ! what perversion of 
iang-uaf^e ! But I will not comment unou these truly treasonable 
€lc;ngs, lest I should divert the attention of the reader frou^i the ex- 
tracts themselves. 

" Our dastardly dependants upon a Jc-ff'erson and Madison 
i^iav suppose that the r.ardy sons of the North will bozv the neck 

without nuu-mur— ' hut they have mistaken our character." 

The foregoing is from an article in the Boston Repertory (Oct. 
1808) wherein the writer speaking of the election for President^ 
seems to fear the Federal candidate would not succeed. It is as 
jmpudeiit a publication as I have seen ; inasmuch as it goes tsf 
slu'w, that before the result of an election could be known, the 
priest, who piints this paper, was determined not to abide by the 
verdict of the people. Alas ! poor parson Park ! 

** lively man v. ill presu.me that he is not bound to regard i£ 
[ihe Knibargo] but may send his produce or his merchandize to a 
foreign market in the same manner, as if the government had ne- 
ver undertr-ken to prohibit if." Bost. Cent. (Sept. or Oct.) 1800. 
" We know if the embargo be not removed, our citizens will 
ere long set its penalties and restrictions at defiance — it behoves us 
to 'speak, for strike "Me must, if speaking does not answer." 

Boston Hep. (Ibid) 
"There arc thousands every day denouncinfr the claims wade 
tpon that nation [liingland for our stolen seamen, mi"-^'^'^^'^ <^'^'- 
zens, and plundered property] as unjust and i"'«t*asonable, and 
openly declaring that it is oiir true policv -^ rescind those claims, 
lake protection vnder the Briil^hne-H' ^"-^ "'"^^ ""^'^^^ ^'^^i' agair^^y 
HiG vmperor of Francc,'> ^* ^' ^^'^'^- ^ ^^* {'^^^) 



Wi 

"It is better to suffer the AMPUTAT'ON of a Limb, tliau 
fo lose the WHOtE BODY. We must prepare for the oper. 
fjitlfjji Wherefore ;iien is h'eio England asleep— where- 
fore does she SUBMIT i) the oppression of fWfia.Vs VR the 

ggutt, ?— Have we no Moses, who >* inspired by tbo 

God of our Fathers, and voill lead us out of Egypt. 

Boston Gazette, ibid. 
Never was a plainer allusion made to a &i^p9^raition of iiJaq 
States. The last prercdittg extFactsspeak ft)r ihemi^elvep. I 
have yet many iDore of the same kind to olleP. Mi^rk wha,t 
follows ; 

" Masisachusetts is on the high ground— our tri»mpft will be 
i complete. The day is fast approaching when a JaeohPn iyo«. 
will not di'.re to move his unhallowed tongue— whei> the very 
Dame oi' Repuilictin will be rendered unamiahle as that of a 
Witch in the New-England states. When tl>e federalists had 
r the reigns of govesnment in Adams' administratittn, the leaders 
j were ^/»j?W — one bold stroke properly managed , would then 
have hx'-d the ieder 1 cause ininioveably secure [James Roes 
of Pittsburg recommended the ' bold stroke' here hinted at}— 
the day is not far distant when there will be, we hope, an 
eternal separation between the Nori hern States and theNabo^js 
0»d their skves of the South — Had the honorable Mr. Gore ob- 
tained his election for the present year — he would before this 
>day have made arrangements to form an advantageous fl/^iawce 
between the Eastern stales and Great Britainy 

Extract from a federal hand-bill dated at Boston, Oct. 7, 
lS*DS. It is but justice however, to gdd^ that the 
party got ashamed of it, and '(^huv.oived- the }iroduc- 
tion. It is to be presumed Ihat the wrttef w^nt be* 
youd his •instructions !' 

" We never fought for a J?«'pwi/.V***into which we wefe for- 

ci:d by the injuoieious obstinacy of our opponents. Thi»8 our 

form of governmeni was the result of necessity, not the off* 

spring ot choice." Boston Anthology — o, literary paper. 

The war-worn veteran; of the revolution when they rtad 

the lovegoing will— think! 

** Republicanism is the asp and cockatrice which ha'' poison- 
ed half the nations." Por' Folio — edited by a'refugee 

Scotchman — high federal au^ 
thority. 

'*;If the people have a right to self governraent,mayJthey net 

t r 



refer a KiNG to a President ?" Boston Gazette. 

*• The customary readinf( of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence ought to be omitted." [on the fourth of July.} 

N. York E. Post. 
The articles from which the last forogoinej extracts are : 
taken, w.-re publisiied while the lawyer friends of order \u 
New England Were endeavoring to bring about a separation of 
the states. This fact gives them a meaning and importance 
they might not otherwise deserve. 

" You have reposed confidence in a coward [Jefferson] and 
leaned on a broken staff too long.— The day of political pro- 
bation is fast verging to a close — when the fate of America 
■will bt decided, and the laurels bought with the price of free- 
Bieu's blood will grace the brows of the Gallic tyrant. Let ev- 
ery man who holds the i.ame of American dear to him.btretch 
©ut his hand, and put this accursed thing, the EMBARGO, 
from him. Be resolute, act like sons of liberry, of GOD and of 
your country — nerve your arms with VENGEANCE against 
the Despot [Jetlerson] who would wrest the inestimable germ 
•f your independence from you — and you shall be conquerors / 

•• Give ear no longer to the syren voice of democracy and 
Jefersonian liberty — it is a cursed delusion, adopted by Trai- 
tors, and recommended by Sycophants. 

*• Jefferson— a man, who, with the dagger of popular cort" 
fidence, first gave the stab to vour liberties." — [by purchasing^ ,. 
touisiana ! !] ( Extracts from a Federal hand-bili ■' 

published at Newburyport, a^ 
bout the 20th Nov. 

•* If the country is to b» relieved from the oppression wliich 
it now suffers it will only be in consequence of government 
being compelled to yield to an indignant people." 

The little paragraph last quoted is from our own dear Fedel 
ral Republican, of Dec. 21. 

The Governor of Delaware, it icas reported, refused to obey 
the requisition of the Pesident, demandijig the Slates' quota of 
the 100,000 militia— this act the editor of the New York E. 
Post, called* Patriotism.' 

A paper was posted at the Coffee-House in Philadelphia, 
on which was written— 

" The Potomac llie boundary — the Negro 
States by themselves." | 

This done too just after a majority of Thirty Thousand men 
the state of Pennsylvania^ had given their suffrages in favor 



C5 • 

of ihe measures of govcrnujent, and Simon Snyder, the repub-, 
lican candidate ! 

'* Resolved, that we will not fo/«?*far//y aid in the execution 
of the act passed on the 9th day of this month, for enforcing 
the several embar/jo laws — and that all those who shall so as- 
sist in enforcing upon others the arbitrary and unconstitutional 
provisions of thi$ act, ought to be considered as enemies of the 
constitution of che United States, and of this state, and hostile 
to the liberties of the people*'* (Boston Resolve. 

♦• Resolved, That, in our opinion, a perseverance in the dead- 
ly hostility to commerce, which, we believe, derives its origin 
and its vigor from a dcep-roeted jealousy of the Eastern States, 
will inevitably, lead to a dissolution of the Union. And tho* 
we most sincerely deprecate such an event, yet we cannot sup- 
press our fears that the time is at hand, when a SEPARATI- 
ON of these States will be enforced by the most irresistible of 
motiTes— SELF PRESERVATION." (Eladley Resolve, 

Those men gabble about Washington— they call themselve« 

Washington federalists' Washington told us to" FROWN 

INDIGNANTLY ON THE FIRST DAWNING OF AN 
ATTEMPT 10 DISSOLVE THE UNION." — The mea 
pretending to be his disciples, propose it without any ceremony. 
Is this FEDERALISM f Brethren, such is the thing called fede-- 
■ ralism— jMrfge of it, I beseech you, by its own wokks. 

•* While we rejoice in this change of circumstances (the o* 

pening of the intercourse to and from Great Br'*ain in conse* 

quenceof Erskine's arrangements) in our relations, it will rest, 

gentlemen, with your prudence and discretion, to determine 

■what FURTHER measures it may be expedient for us toadopt 

at this time, for securing the exercise of out future commerci»l 

rights, without such durable embarrassments and interdictions^ 

as liave been lately experienced by acts of Congress laying an 

enibargo, and suspending; our intercourse with foreign nations.'* 

fcpeech of Gov. Trumbull, to the Legislature 

of Connecticut. 
This extract evidently proves that the exertions o fthe Fede- 
ral party had done something, by the introduction of the word 
'further' The constitution of the United States gives to 
Co7i^^iess the exclusive maintainiince oi' 'commercial rights'^ yet 
tiie governor of this 'steady habited' state, recomn)ends an 
intevterence by Connecticut, a state less interested in /owg'n 
commerce than any other on the sea board, Neiy- Jersey and 
, Delaware eiicepted ! 



r think I liave now given a sufficiency of extracts to shew 
the tone ot the Ffrlerulisls towards the government, because of 
the Eniljargo :— I have about a hundretl moreofa similar ten- 
or ; and will pubhsh them if requested. But we cannot so 
iTDi th blame ^Af^e men for their opposition lo the embargo. 
Be- n.g the 'fountain of honor,* their King and • his majesty,' as 
they ci'll him. by public proclamation, did absohitely inviie the 
people of the Unitpd States to violate the Laws of their Coun- 
try, by declaring that all vessels should find protection and 
shelter in the ports of his dominions, whether they had any 
pap(;rsor not— a short time since * his mujcsty * would have 
condemned the cargoes of such esseis as good prizes ; and if 
hp had found tnem arni€d, would have hung their crev/s .as 
Pirates. 

Let us now hear what the biggest Federalist this country 
evercont lined— file iniainous Cobbett, alias Porcupine, said 
on these mattt rs and tilings — — » 

'• Tile Amerir-ai) newspapers, of which I have some now 
before me, mf'^rm mt.-, that if they attempt to hold out for 
the whole y (tr, [i. e. to keep the embarjJo on a year] their 

federal government icUl he overturned In the N. England 

states, ttie neuspapers very coolly propose a separation of these 
slates from tile Southern states— and unles Jefferson ixnd his 
party be ousted at t^ienext election, the separation which has 
been talked of for years, will most assuredly take place. 

*' Ho'.vever have I said that the p-'d^ral government could 
not exist a year under thi tlTect of fjiohihitiiig a trade to En- 
gland and iir lerntiriis? — the law [embargi.] is nearly a dead 
h'^fr-^it ninsl he so, or the government will fall. I told the 
AmeHcfifis A thousand times, that if ever they slionld befools 
enouf/h to try their strength against England, \he\r weakness 

Would beeV|josed to the world ..file v.ay the Atner- 

uans will t;et out Oif their entbarrasmeurs, with reL*>ect to ?/.y. 
Will be this— ;V/r Thomas .Uffcr^on and his party will he ous- 
ted and then'liie. new president wiil disclaim their HOSTljJi 
acts. Slioiild this b*: I'ne case, we shaii goon harmofinushf 
for the future; and I think the Americans will not belong lie- 
fofe they 3o\ii us aga.nst n!AMCt;. Iliat this may he the 
case, 1 bcmtily wish ; but I am sure it never will be if we make 
the /ry/ movement towards it." 

Cobbe I i\s Weekly Register, July 2 1 SOS. 
Wl'-t -t'LJiik yon of \\v.s. free, soverei;:n and Independent 
Americans Cob'j-:t draws nis oonclu:?ioii3 from »n i^itima- 



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knowledge of ihe federalists ; can you believe they arc corrtcl ? 
Read tlie extracts a second time— and refiect-^vf hen you have 
reflected, I know v<^n ict/l act. 

GENERAL REMARKS. 
On the Book tvliich mine enemy wrote. 
Though I have on hand almost enough to n.alce a volume 
of extracts similar to those 1 have published, lest the public 
should become as much fatigued with reading of the tur- 
pitude the thing called Federalism as 1 am with xeritin^r 
about if, I have concluded to cease with the extracts and, after 
a few words by way of • general ajjplicatiou' as the parsons say, 
I wind up the subject.' 

The labour of wading through the volumes of filth whicii 
I have been compelled to do, to come at the ' very raarrow- 
and substance' of the crimes of the tories, has been greater 
than most men will easily ima:^ine. I think 1 have performed 
;the task I assigned myself, thus far, with industry and fidelity. 
the titiliti^ of the work will be judged by a tribunal I shall a!- 
- Ways respect— the freemen of Maryland. 

i'he chief objects in introducing tliese extracts v.ere— to shew 
The inconsistency — the treachery — the malignity— and the 
falshood— — of the Tories ; 

To prove Their devotion to England — their enmity to 

France— iheir hostility to the independence and rij;hts of 
America; and — to convince the people — of the danger of 

their />eace,— ^ — -^happiness — — —liberty and safety, 

i by nw^^img Federalism, as it is called^ with power. 

In the extracts we have seen— G'reaf Britain vindicated and 
justified,— y^7«(?;7ca traduced and abused, — British commerce 
and manuiactures encouraged,— /^meWca?* trade and manufac- 
tures degraded — British orders in council respected— /47rt<?r/- 
ca7i lutes regularly enacted, defied — -British assertions beliov- 
' ed — American declarations discrediied — British ministers trcat<* 
ed most honourably— /4/;?er?ca« ministers treated most rascid- 
ly; — In short — we have seen Federal Englishmen — and English 
Federalists—^w o\\i\n^ together Vvith perfect cordiality of sen- 
tlr.it nt, to accomplish a common objeit — lo v/\l :- to pinnae 
j\merica into a war with France — to promote an alliance '.nth, 
or render our resources subservient tt>, GllEAT lilllTAlN. 

On each of these points I propose to otfcr some remarks, or 

reference. I will conclude wi.hashort addrecs to the poop!."; 

vvho, 1 think, when they shall behold * toryism turned inside 

lit,' Tiv-Ul not fail lo close Iheir eyes upon the disgusting carcase, 



and seek pkasaut thing j among the men and tbe principles of 
the revolution. 

No. 1. 8:^ Tory inconsistency. 

In lookinp; at the preceding extracts the reader cannot go 
sniissifhe v/i-shes evidt-nce oftory inconsistency. There are 
few of the • aulkoiil'ivs' I huve referred to which do not g:xx: 
the lie to each other, Such cases are so numerous that I shall 
particularize^ lio other than this— the tories always declared 
ihdt Britain --vanted nothing from ns but to be placed on ^n 
an equal footing with France— this ^/jey admit was donehy the 
non intercourse law, agdinst which i//^y and the governor of 
Canada, bellowed so lustily at the time of its p.^>jsage— they 
rifle! wards. say (Mr. Wagner for in-stanrc) that he always believ- 
ed an accoiumoJalion of the differences would never taks 
place I 

No- Q. (y^ Tory treachery. 

T<) twi^.nty extracts we have the declarations of the Fed- 
eralists that our government did 'every thing which Great 
Britain could expect or reasonably demand, to promote a good 
understanding; — it is acknowledged that, by the non intercourse 
lT:i\ we did resist I he Berlin decree ^ on which tve icere told 
the Britisk orders in council of January and November 1S07 
wevc retaliations; it was said, that as soon as we did resist 
that decree, the orders, of right ought to fall, and W')uld he re- 
scinded ;— but— llie orders in conticil remain in lull force, yW- 
tijied and vpheln' by those who declared ».-eir.ade every * reason. 
6'6/e eiforrio promote their ubaiidonmont ! This is only ^ sitt' 
gle instance of treachery ^-iheie wxe fifty others mfact or by \ 
inference, to be found i • the ex'ractti. Arnold and Burr were 
not greater traitors than our Icad'ug federalists are. 
No. .3. (P" Tot-y malignity. 

The. malignily of ilie torits is so co ?«'»(/« m their own works 
which a '•quoted, thit to meiiLiun particular cases is absurd 
and superOiious. 

No. 4 ^d' Tory falshood. 

7Mie extracts, put m nppusHion lo each other, renders tory i 
falsliood so pUun, that 1 sliail o;ily sv,y ditto; having feterence 
ii> the remark (»n * i'oiv ni^diLini'v.' 

.Am. !}. ICT' 'I'ory dci-Qtion to Erigland. 

Tiiis is a fruitlid >iii)ject mdeLd, and dt niands a more leng- 
thy iiotire. We have seen higiM«/;/',s7c/7V// characters m the 
Biiiisk house of Coinmnus, rank ll»e fedcial'sts of the United 
J^talcs as a*Btltiih party — we have heard the ministerial 



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)>»int3.exuUingly m.\ke knciw^tWitoirr rcJa'afists jive.Tc anxi' 
ous for a ' connexion with iiii^land !' wo have seen the author 
oi" a work cdWn] ' war in dis^visc,^ wiittcii iitidtT the i:spec~ 
tion of the ministry, for the express piirpase ufmaititaii)iijg I he 
pretensions ot Enj^iand asticted upon hy her ordtrsi in coua ci, 
deiiomitiate Timolhy Pickering, t!ie bell tccnthcr of tor<(s, tlit 
•great advocate for tli • British cause m Ainerica.' Bui we 
vrant wo foreign authorities to convince us of tile existence of 
a British faction amongst U'D. In the tforAs of t lie fticlion v/e 
Irave abundant proofs of their obsequious devotion to the -wili 
of ' his Miijesty;* whose person is sacred, and whostj doings 
are *graciotts;' whether he condescends to daub himself with 
meal while making a dampling, or to ci))p!oy his 'augrisi' 
hand in formi'iga button out of shingle ! 

07ie of the most pointed evidences we hr^veoflhe dcvctic. 
of those creatures to England, h to be found in their conduct 
^respecting the late arrangemen's ent£red into hy Messrs. SmiiU 
and Erskine, andsopromp'ly ratified by president xMadison. 
1 have adduced about fifty extracts in proof of this fact ; that 
vre did every thing which we would rightfully or reasonably do, 
to [)romble an adjustment of difiererces. Every tory and 
every tory printer in the United States laid hold of the arrange- 
nients entered into, i\s convkiiun itself llvdi French influence 
alone hrul prevented similar terms from being cirecied a long 
:-^,time bi fore— they expatiated most hugely on the //OJ?or, the 
. moderation and jut>lice of England, while they reprobated and 
: reproved the course of measures we had parsutd to avoid a 
v/ai with her. They exuliingly proclaimed thut Britain had 
obtained from us • every thing which she wanted,' iuid that 
ourgovernmcnt abandoned that * ground which v.'ys the ON- 
LY OBSTACLE to accommodation,' to wi?, by putiing 
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RATE AGAINST AMERICA ; and th^' orders have ceased 
as to America, as soon as America iins ccicd for herseif: 
Enf^land was won by liie sign.s of Justice and ii)par- 



iality^; and yielded to ihc-c considerations wl-at fhe\vo:ild 

lot yield either to threat or to force. Pence with En^ilaud 

niisi [sTiLi;] be protected by f-dera! m-.^orities in New Eng- 



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lauu Great Britain has in an eminent decree displayed 

tbatcoNCiLiATouY spirit which tvc have uniformly attribultd 
fo her councils — our government has receded from the aB3Uui> 
ground it had taken, and in so doing deserves the praise ot every 
American citizen, and the respect ot the world.— There was «* 
point oUiunoiir between them [the British] and France ; but 
with lis they never asserted any condition on which they would 
repeal their orders, for they uniformly professed and mamlained 
Ihai those orders were adopted in respect Jo theiu kNemy 

ALONE, 

" For being now pledged [by the nonintercour^e law] to resist , 
the decrees of France, we must do what would have preyekt 
ED the orders in council.'' 

Although i have dealt so largely in extracts I would not 
jefram from offering the preceding as an addenda, to the host 
of evidence pieviously laid before the reader, to convince him ^ 
of tory confidence in the hon >r of Britamy though they had 1 
none in \\\g government of their own countrj'. " French injiu^ 
ez/ce' of which 1 shall speak at lar^e herealter, pres'^nted the 
on/ij batricr to accommodation. Treat England justltf, said 
they — behave impartiality, and resist the decrees of Fm;/ce, and 
all will be instantly well. We did so (according to tory ac« 
knov/ledgment) and how stands the case ?— -the orders in 
council are not rescinded : a deep laid plan of villainy has fur-^ , 
nished Great Britain with an immense stock of our goods at 
reduced and ruinous prices ; and uncounted devas'-ation will 
follow. 

A.ud how do the tories behave ? Are they indignant at the 
tui [.'itude arid bascntss of the British ministry— or Q\e they 
grieved in heart that tiieir good opinion of British lonor and 

honcsiij was not v.orth a straw? 1 \ ?, n.,}^!., w— 

then' c7i/ good opinions are found to be worth nothing, they j 
have made new ones — and still prate of" French injlueuce' and 
British *' magnanimity y 

In the proceedings of the tories of Topsjield, we have, per- 
hftps, tlie most base and dastardly prostration of the American j 
'liaracter. These folks positively rfco?;j;«e?^(/<:'r/iin abandonni'Ht ''< 
v'' .11 ouuKiGHTS on the ocean an :i neutral avd independent 
uation— and are willing to suffer Great Britain to REtiULAXE 
THE TKADE OF THE WOULD, Nav, further, they cannot believe 
u. proper to litiguio, at this time, (engaged asshc is in defence 
of'' humanity, fnorab\ religion and LIBER'I'Y,) her pretention 
J.J iMi'.Tf.ssiNGotTKSiiAME^ !— — Giucious Hcavcn !— .— can 



tbese be Americans'^can such seJtthnents be read and applauded 
by ih^ Federalists ol" our couDtry ? What does the gallant sailor 
think ofthis proposition to baiter away bis life and his liber- 
ty!— Generous sons of the ocean ! these are men who call them- 
selves " friends of /r^e trade and co7n7«erce,'— .and they not 
xiArs? can American trade he free whilfMr. Canning REGU- 
LAFF.S it ! — Can that man be friendly to cowwzerrt' who gives 
up the American seamen to the slavery of Diiiain ? What say 
you ? — Are yni content to be dragged trom under the American 
flag like 3i felon, by order tf an English boy, vested with au- 
thority from hiskwig, to make slaves of you ? Will you con- 
sent to be wrested from your homes and your little ones, your 
coi^uiry and your friends, that Britain may conquer ! will you; 
take up your abode in the " floating hells' ot a country to 
which you owe nothing but hatred, that scoundrels on the land 
may promote their design of rendering this nation subservient 
to Britain ? Will you be the agents of murder for the caiise of 
• hnmnnity * ?— Will you rob the world for the protection of 
'monils' } — Will you batter down churches to uphold * religi-m 
on^ ? Will you be slaves, and assist to enslave your countrymen 
for the preservation of •* liberty* ?—— Genius of Columbia I 
■what manner ot men must they be who shall mamtain such 
horrible doctrine? By all I deem dear and sacred, I had rather 
that Britain were sunk a million of millions of fathoms below 
the surface of ocean— and every tory in Atnerica hung on a ub.U 
Jiowsas high as the Heavens, than that one yimen'raan sailor should 
be dragged into the service of BhlTAlN by the volmuary 

consent of his countrym n and, if ever we are cursed with 

a President who shall for a moment admit of the principle that 
because kin? George wants meri he may kidnap Americans ; if 
the right of suffrage shall fail to hurl him from power, I trust 
some new Brutus will rise up and deliver the world of a 
monster. But 1 am afraid to write about impressments or the 
Americans who palliate it. All the curses of Sy thorax would 
be insufficient to express my indignation at either.— —I wish 
it remembered that the murder of the crews of the Chesapeak 
has been jiTstified in the federal papers — thatnne man, torn from 
under the flag of his country, was hung at Halifax — and, that 
Jonathan Robins' bones are now bleaching on a gibbet, on the 
shores of Jamaica. 

When THESE things are remembered, I wish the people 
to look round them, and see who are the men that vindicate 
«r apologize for them. 

■ In the whole of the extracts may be discovered one constant 

endeavour to convince the people that our government treated 

Great Britain unfairly, and that she wanted ihinngs from us but 

justice. Well— according even to the logic of tories, we d:d her 

/ustice-^ioe had alxvays done her justice. |r3" G. BRITAIN 

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NEVFR PREFERRED A COMPLAINT AGATNSr 

tJ8. ^rj- SHE NEVER HAD ANY CAUSE fCR ' 

IT.— ON the contrary, Washington, Adams, -and Jefferson, ior 
twenty years past,— WERE CONSTANTLY REMON- 
STRATING AGAINST --OME OLD GRIEVANCE,— OR 
COMPLAINING OF SOME NEW AGGRESSION—«ogIt 
is an infamous falsehood, be it uUeied by whoni it may, that 
* Britain has given us no cause for comphiiiit" — the truth is, 
from the peace of '83 down to the present time, she has never 
given us cause for ah Y iniHG else. I boldly defy *'a disavowal' 
of the fact. 

But behold the devotion of t\\f federalists to England — —see 
liow they smoot over the actions of her ministry ! her friends, I 
and iier enemies are their enemies. When the blood-stained , 
Suwarrow, a wretch to whom murder was a pastime, howled, m 
through Italy like a tiger, and marked hi« progre^ with de- 
sol ition and death, fhey announced Itis successes as * glorious 
news'. ..and they toasted the horrible creature, as the " frien(j^^ 
of ord^T and gjood government,Mn full goblets of wir.e. When 
Itjs dr<?adful career was checked, and Itaiy relieved from his 
presence, bis defeats were called " distressuij^ intelligence!' 
When Russ-a fouaht on the side of England (lor all the wars ■ 
on the continent have been hers) her Emperor was prochumed ^ 
by them as * the greatest of sovereigns'. .....when nis interest 

or inclination made him change sides, and from an alliance vith 
France, he was abused as a fool When a British ship captures 
a French vessel of war, they give us an account of the event ii 
" pleasing intelligence ;' but if a French army beats anally of 
England, or an army of England {when they can catch them) \ 
we have " melancholy news.' When Britain stirs up rebellion 
among the subjects of France, we instantly hear the insurgents 
dubbed as" patriots'— but if a starving populace in England 
cry out for bread, we are told a great deal of the witkeJnt'SS 
of the RIOTERS. When Ireland struggled for her emancipation ^ 
from the most relentless cruelty and systematic opfutssii n, 
our federalists all mourned, and would h^ve denied to the lui- 
fortunate exiles of that country enough room in this to lie down 
in peace— —but when Spain took arms against France, in favour 
of the inq^uisition, they wanted us to declare war against Bona- 
parte, to aid the " patriot^.' of S|»am, and add her to the \\^\ of 
free nations! Britain has dethroned moie " lawful kings* in Asia , 
than Europe ever contained ; this is all right. Bonaparte has ' 
unmade a few who conspired against France, and he is an 
usurper. Britain has destroyed more men in Asia than all 
I'rance possessed, but the King is gentle, magnanimous and just. 
If I were to go on and point out all the evidences the fed- ra lists 
have aflorded of their devotion to England, a volume would not 
centaiu those now withm my recollection'. 



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Tlie republicans have no predilictiona for France— they baV/e 
considered tlie present war in Europe as, in fact, it is a war for 
coojmerce— and wi-»h both parties to balance each other, so that 
our friendship may be sought for by each, and become of value 
to either.~By beins^ placed in this situation we hope to prfi- 
kcrve thg peace, and promote the prosperity of our country.. 

GENERAL KKMARKS. 

Ofi tJx book which mine enemy wrote. 
JVo. 6. Tory emnity agrimt France. 

If after a p*^rusal of pvssident Atlania letters any man doubt that 
a party rf;^ exist m this country devotfd to England, and determi- 
iifd, at every hazard, /ar ^^ause or u;*//»oMf cause to quarrel with 
Fniuce ;...or if after an examitiatioa of the speeches of the same 
men in Congrt^ss, and Uie conslaot teuor of their publications from 
a prostitute press, anv p^rsoo will hesiiats to say that the same par- 
ty conf/rt?/ev to exist.. 'that man or person must take a very different 
;ne A' of the subject than I, from a closa examination of its hearings^ 
caii wossibly do. 

The kings of Europe, trembling at the progress of the French 
revolution, formed a conspiracy to place a king on a por/2o» of the. 
territory of Franca, and divide the rest of her provinces among 
themselves. At the time ot the first caulilion, France had done 
nothing to provoke the enmity of the nations of Europe, save only 
by attempting to manage her own concerns in her own way. The 
F'renoh revolution was digested by as honest and illustrious men, as 
t^fr parti'-tpated ;n a political movement. They received their les- 
son from US ; the " pupil of Wai,hington,' the amiable and beloved 
Fayelic, had, at the period alluded to, the cheif direction of the 
njarhine ; and all the friends of liberty, in every part of the world, 
hailed him as * the Washington of his country,' and wished success 
to h:s desi:jns. As to the United States; if evidence is desired of 
<Aeir attachment to Franc-, at the time here spoken of, let us only 
call to recollection a single act of our government and the question 
is forever at rest. I refer to the introduction of the /ri co/oarerf flag 
into the Senate of ihi United States. ..ih^ letter from General IVashing- 
i on to the Fre«c/i minister on that solemn and interesting occasion ; 
and tlie oiders he sent our minister at Paris to retu< n the compliment 
by presenting th* French nation with a flag of the United States, in 
the name o( litis people, as an evid«nce of our affection for French 
men, and regard for the cause in which they were embarked. 
Then it was the cause of kings against liberty. 

It would require more room than I can spare for the object at 
present, to shew the means by which the most powerful kings of 
E'.irope drove its minor princes in a rupture with France. The cou" 
duct of Great ISritain, to Tu8cui»y, may serve as a sample for the 
rest, when intrigue and corruption had failed. The grand duke 
determined to r-t-main Be«/j'«/,.,Hervev, the British minister, said, 
in the name of the cojifcderaied kings, that he should not. Aslhe duk^ 
Cont'd he must fight, though he thought he had no just caus^ 
|K)r«odoing> he chose what was supposed the strongest side.., ho 



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j^Wived the gold of Great,. Britain, declared war against France;; 
and in a short time, his territories were annexed, in fact, lo thei 
territories of the republic... as wi.s the general fate of others who)} 
origitia'lv, took up arms agains! liberty. 

i shall not go into a hrstor} of our difl'Tences, in after times, wifhi 
France, or attempt to shew the causes which produced them, Suf-- 
fice it for the present to observe, that corruption with us was the' 
mcanRusel by England to '/^roi^oArc hostilities with France;' andl 
when hostilities wefe provoked, basenexsunpr' cedented, on th-^- partt 
of ourowti pi'ople(st'e p'esideot Adams' lette ) caused th- ir conlinu- 
anc-^ for a Ions; time after a dispositon existed in ?he government off 
F ancf to put an end rorhem. 

Hens e the crv of* French influence, which has been ha "dedl 
down from tvory to tory fvom the latter end of the year 1707 toi 
tht. present time. T he cry origina'ed withCobbett or Porcupine 
an acknowledged hirelio}? of the *ritish ministry, for the ack.^ 
novvledted purpose of exrititig the passion of the people 
and drivuig our ^^overument into the coalition of kings. 

This man, a wretch most iularaou.s, a creature most base/?; 
devoid of moral or political rectitude : a he.ist in principle andl 
in practice ; and »he most vulgar blacivguard public or pnvctte, 
that ever d'siTraced a country, was the head, the chief, the 
director «>f rht ruling party of the day. He was the oracle ot 
*' f 'eder^lmra," wliile boasting of his allegiance and devotion 
to Kn laud ; his paper was distributed by thoMsr^nds without 
expenct, trough all parts of rh • Unio-i, as the Federal Repuhli* 
can has bren ever sifice its establishment, througb Marylan<|. 
his writings were read with avidnv by every old tory in oui 
couritry, for they verily believed, m the lang lage of Fejmo, that 
the 'king was about to ha\rehi» own again.' Apostate Americans 
liillied round his standard, led on by ambition ; and " gave and 
reverend* priests of religion and 'm niters of the l;iw* were hii^ 
companion's, associates and friends ! As he shoi.ttd tlicy shout- 
ed ;— h ' black cockade was rai«^ed to distinguish citizen froiu: 
ciiiZen, and war was made against France ; which Pickering 
and ohfis so managed as t continue long after we were in 
possession oj fiiil evidence of that disposition on the pa.t of Jiei 
goveMiment for an honorable peace, which afterwards led tOi, 
the. treaty fromed by John Adams. 

Th)> treaty- — .ui honorable treaty — -disgusted the present 
le:td IN of the Federal pyty with Mr. Adams— -they said he 
T\usan APOSTATE. a'>d bullied the old man so nturh tiiat he 
w scouipelled, metaphoricallj, to kick the whole Junta out 
of his presence. 

From this concise history of facts we cannot doubt but 
that the ot cry "Frensh influence'- -the desire of war with France 
,*--and a deierur.naiion to continue it after ' ind(ninit\ foi 
•S»» pa:>t and Becurity lor the future was oflered, did originate 

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in "British influence'—- -uor can it be doubted that Great Britain 
made piodi^'ious exertions to lug, ns imo the '*.cons[)iracy of 
kingri' when. we recollect her mighty etlorts to con upt, brow- 
beat or subsidize eveuy other povveriu the world, whose forces 
couicl be brought to act. against her enemy. 

Ausii;a, Prussia, Uoilanti, Spain, Portugnl, Sardinia, Switzer- 
land, ^.aples, and many oUiei sovereign kingdoms and stales of 
Italy and Germany, coalesced vi'\lh England. ...Where aud wliat are 
they ; I hey rec'-iveci ihti ' thinj/ /ueccs of silver,' and are detunct... 
a terrible, but just reward tor the turpitude of their rulers. 'J he 
in^uniatiom of kings raised up the spirit that now scoirges thtni — 
Had they not alleinptted to juirliiion J'rance. as they had done Po- 
laiid, Bonaparte at this day, might have been unknown even. as a 
general olhcer in the armies of i'' ranee; and what is now an empire 
continued a republic. 

1 do not pretend to say we have ' no cause of complaint' against 
France...! am glad that no republican has been Hilly enivugli to 
make the asser.ion...but this I do contend for and am prepared 
to prove, — ihat, the measures of the British government in 180(3, 
agaius! which our merchants so loudly reaijustrate, are to be at- 
tr/buted our present commercial diniculties with her. 

France is said to be ' the natural enemy' of Eni^iund ...if so, why 
should it be questioned ihat our torics art the ' n.iiural etitm.us of 

Fiance? ■ Doctor Dwight and the w\x>:t good federal i-^ts who 

hate the declaration oi Inde^jenedce, for consistency's sake, must tiave 
the French tor helping to establish it. 

If 1 know my own heart..,! have no love for France or her insti- 
tutions— —when she ceased to be repubtican, i ceased to Lsttttu 
her more than others. But, certainly, ! am not willing to go to 
war with her, because Great brilain wihesit /...nor would I pur- 
chase my rights of the latter, by committing ivroni^s on the former 
as tlie federalists wish us to da. 

iN'o* 7. t$* "iorj/ hostility to the Independence and rights of Americca. 

There: are almost fifty extracts wlnch givu us conclu.Mve eviiJencQ 
of ' Tory liostility to the uidt penu*;n(e and rights of America. 
They are willing to admit tlie impressment of Atncican seamen.... 
They are content that Great Britain shall levy a iHliiiJ'iL upo^i 
our commerce... I'hey are satished thai orders in council shall conttoul 
maritime riglics, and paper blockades shut us ut fri;n) all Luiope.,, 
They consent that Ametican vessels may sail under JbrittihUancen,. 
and yet maintain theii national character. 

Some cJ them mo.e imprudent tsan the rest,have justified the attack on 
the Cltexa^eake palliated the inmaer of Penile, and vindicated the repeated 
blockadcj of our harbours. They told \xa if the embargo was raised' wc 
might have a /Vee and jlourishing trade. How stands the fact? Counlru 
an cdonial produce is lourer a' Ihns mnmenl than it wa; while the cmbai eo re- 
7iuiiiied ; — and Qreat Britain still regulates tha navigation and commerce of 
the United States. — 'They abused Mr. Jefferson because he v.ould not with- 
draw his proclamation against Brtish men of war, he/ore rcperation was 
offered for the ontrai^e which caused it. France would prevent all inter- 
course between .'■."/- ports and those of G.y-at Britara, as in truth, is tiic Kiji- 
r;t pf the Berlin jdicree^ and the Federalists were all tip in aritis*. Bri^i 



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*yaul<i prevcat Jincrica from trading to rivn)ce, and they are wiUing to de^- 
tlare War against her to PuacHASKa /fit.- ac from BritisU imposition*. 
Britain Ucicriiiincs we shall not carry on during tlie war, any trade to 
which we are not entitled in time of peace ; and tiie lederalists are willing 
to abandon tae advantages of neutraltU). — The BritiSii mercaants want \.\t 
trade v\'ith t/ieir enemy the Dutch ; — weara »itut out fioin the ports oi' Hol- 
land, and the tcderaUbts say it is right. * liritain hire* American vessels 
and smuggles colonial produce into France ; Britain will not ailow bona- 
Jide Amencans to go there; and the federalists say Amen* — Biiiain says 
that any man ol any country, serving two yea;s in her yhips, will be i^fAt 
facU), a. British subject, without form or ceremony whatever — but tnat 
noBritisa subject c n expatriuiie himself ;and this ductrinehas been suppoit- 
ted in our courts of law. — Britain sayi she has a iignt to the se vices ^;f 
her subjects be they found when arui where tney mav ; the Federalists ad- 
mit that our laws for the naturalization or foieigneis must yield to the iaw< 
of Great Biitahi. If an American sailor voluntarily serves two y aia iii 
the British navy, he must foiever be a B:iton ani treated as su.U — ii a 
British sailor marries a wife in America, makes this country his honie for 
even 15 years, and becomes naiaraliz)t't. according to our laws, he is still 
a Brilisii suoject, and may be legally seized by her pre- s gangs, lu i^ng- 
land , or on board of British merchant vessels, it is legal lor a man to de- 
fend himseh: a .gainst impresment though the death of the whole gang should 

ensue. When a member of Congresa proposed a law to jtistiiy and en- 

eourage Amc. ican s:amen in defending themselves agaioit JiritisH impress' 
.ments, the federalists moit roundly abused hiip. 1 

. but wiiere shall I stop ! 1 could write on for a week and still find 

some new evidence of" lory hostility to the rigiits and independence ol the 
United S ates., — even ioU'tout me/iitoning the cii/ect opijosition tidiij malt io 
uid'.iriiig the rcDolutton, or tiie vrtmi^l&i: from tvhe/i^eiiori^/tuied. Lict 
the disrespect with which they treat that memorable instrument which 
gave us a rank, among nations, be forsver remembered — Let m recollect 
that the leader.-^ o: '.he party have said that" THE Cl::i.EBRAiilON 
OF Tii^: ANNIVS^'SARV OF AMEiliCAN INDivPEADENCh: 
WAS ACasr:>M MOiiE :iOj>fORED IN TUE BtLEACH i'lIA M 
TtiE OBSERVANCE" — thit " they saw no other purpose it answered 

than to make peool'.'- DRUNfi." that the Deciaratiou itself was " A 

WICKEi> THING," that Kofx^rt (iooMos ILirair, iha i'lfen^ed Senator 
from iU iivland, ntj,lected oi' reiu-sed to honor tiie day with his corps of 
" choice spirits" the lawyer artillerists, though orders, from the Brigadier 
CTcu'^ral to tr.at effect ivau beeu iissued — when w* remauvder these things w«? 
will act as becomes us. 

No. 8. — ^fi- Federalism, ii dangerous to our peace. 
President Adams completely makes manifest the determination of tlie 
federalists of/ii< day, to quarrel with France, whetiier her government 
had done us justice or not! — xVd their succeeding acts, in congress and 
oat of Con "ress, from that time to the prsent, convince us that their dis- 
position has not changed a tittle. Tney wanted us to aid Great Britain, by 
ii^hiino- F: ince ; as they said, she wa.'? coiitendin.i for /;^,vj.</;,Vi/, moiah, 
rrlin^ion and Litcrtij! They wanted us to aid the •• Spanish pai/ioli'^-^in re- 
o.stab!ishln.; the inquisition : — When Turkey snail be attacked as she shortT 
Iv will be, I solemnly believe they will call upoii us to support the " Tur- 
iUh patriots,' in tiieir " glorious stmggk.i'^ to maintain tlie splendor of 
their Crescent; and if Al2;iers shall make an etTort in avour of British com- 
mercial supremicy, we wlllinsUntiy hear of Aigeri-te paliiou, and be invi* 
cl to aid then in Uieir wars against " Bonaparta the usurper!" Tne re- 
vublicans have constancy endcivoared to preserve peace, and suffered 
m ich rather t.in J^o'o wir, so ^reat indeed, has be n theii" desire for tlit; 
enjoym-int of this bleosint; that a federal mc^nher in Congress tauutingiy 
said, " ffe could u»t be kicked into a war wit/i Great Britain." 



*• These arc incontrovertible facts, strange as they may appear. 



No. 9. — TeJanHmn dnngcrotts U> ow lUiffkie^'t^- 
I hive abaudantly shewed that " FedcraliBm is tlangerou* to our ka^j- 
r.c5s, in the prcceainr; rera:irks, by their willingness to suircnder tE\c 
riglits and iadopend^uico of our coanti-y into the handa of ths British min- 
istry, itc. 

■No. 10. FKOERAUSM DANGKROCS TO OUR LIBEETY. 

TJxat ' Federalism is lUajerous to our lilK-rty" Is abundantly prored by m\y of *<■ cjctracu, u wrfJl 
»» by -«n atsntire observance or «ae wiijia ooirt ict r>; luli-lcr; TUo-.r uniform Lostllify to ttio FREE- 
HOW '»!? SDt'FSlllGli, (the bafis otlibarty)a$ \rell Jn M.irylmii (is eljcwlwre. is .lolorious to require 
r«inirk ; their tontiaijjt of tli« lioOple, tUeoQiy lijitijaate sottruc of (jowflr tinJcr hoavaci. lj:tj Leeri express- 
cJ in too maay iiiJtiJies to per.iiit iw to dDiibt of t uir latol!e-ancs. And ari-locrauy — thoir ddsigjjj nf. 
Bta'dng CUl/KOH lWrABLlS:lM"Nr6, always tte atcursed eiigiae of TVK.VSTS, has l.cn deoionsta- 
ted In nnnierou* iiisfcincjs, and wo camvut hnsitals to believe tjiey would rJiidcT r^lijljus institutions sub- 

- servipnt to civil atfjir* auvl tlleir frei|aoiit .Msertimia tbat tto peopiib of tbe United Slates ii.id •' TOO 

SIUCU V/78EB'rY''mu!traan;f«st their de<fxo» of » rtd-inj It. lu short, tUo History of FoderaUsm, «f 
THE HlsrOK? OF A WA& ACAINST FKKKDOM, AS IS DEMONS iUATED U* AI4I- 11« 
WOKKS, 

N». J 1. FEDEKAMSM D.VKGEEOU3 TO OUR SAFETY. 
Safety bein- lmm«afcly connected wi* liberty, that which destroys the one mutt randn tSte ofaer in 
seowe. I thaS, tl»er«fofe, s-ty n»ti»ij>gfunhcr 00 this subject. 

No 12. ilf-Engluh FedtraUsts. 

THAT we h.vi& federal Englukmcn, cannot tor a moment be denied ; as 

'•. thetories, in re;)eated lastancci, have directly proposed a j'edcialion icilft 

"4 England. In the extracts I have quoied we. nave several plain allusions to 

a ♦ connection' with Gi-ext Britain ; and, in oni instance, are no.siclvely ad- 

r vised to ♦ seek protection undesl the British, Navy and d-iclare \yar against 

France.' Now this is even souiething beyond a'tcderation it is a state 

of DEFENCE On England, instead of iiiaking a joint effort with her to re- 
sist, for a tiii.-tf the decree* ot ner fates. We see alio, maay of out fu.U-bioo- 
rft^rf Federalists ape the whole round ol English fashions (not only in habits 
and dress, but even in t.'unkmg, for EngUsnmen sonielimtis tiiinit by iash- 
ioa) imported from England. Many native Americans think it ' «;astly 
tculgar to I'alk ia ciie streets with a mechanic' though their tathers were 
keAcr men than thev, and carried a hod as tenders to a mason, or a pack 
on thtir backs as industrious pedlars. 

' i i-ant an one to take hair this uastly pleasant morning said an Ame- 
rican not a long time past to his friend. 1 sup^o^^e he wanted to be tho't 
En?lhih.—\ do not bla.ne the English for not understanding tUeir nahve 
tongue ; it is not the fault or individuals ; but I neartiiy despise an Avi^n- 
ra«\vho adopts their horrible jargon under the expectation of ohtaming 
a pre-eminence in society, bvnot beiov understood as a 'BU^^nv-bivIxN. 

Siiice I commenced the dutie;, of au ei.lor, 1 venture to say, i have seen 
and heard oi' iho:,virvh of instances ia vvnich the federal editors, and tederal 
orators, have spoken of the king of England as ' His Majesty. i\ow men 
who kne\v notiiing of ^ Federa^Ena:lx^iimti^ could not tell waether they 
meant ' his majesUr' kuig Georae, 'his majesty' king Napoleon, oi 'his ma- 
jesty' ' khvr. Soot,' as Pecer Pindar stiles the Emperor ot tnc iou-ertL^o,M. 
But we all know that when thcv speak of 'the king' taey mean George 
Guelph ; and when thev speak of Miis majesty' they onlv ha^e rctercnce to 
the barber'.i block placed at the head of church and state m Orreat lintam ; 
and we understand M.em as well as if, (like that great je.dcralist Por-cu^ 
pine) they were to say MY king— i«v sovcreig:i— .my master. 

No. 13 — ^:^ Federal EiigHsJinn^**, 

These are so common in all our seaport town, that it seems ;, 'most un- 
necessary to sav one word about them ; but for the iniormauon t tho?e 
of my country tViends, if any there are, unacquainted with this uescupuon 
of persons. Twill my some attention loLlmr cowegia' hcc— an Ct^it'iet whi<;A 
their co-duct r'.c;'lv'entiaes li.e.m to ' enjoy and possess' aiifte luwyrx s^. 

The momcut a fttii-biooied Enilishman Janas oa the sherei ot Aai<r^a, 



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•1 qioak generally, for there are highly honorable exceptioas) he commfiB- 
^s a icJeralUt o' th&^fint watsr, and begins his circer in American politics 
though hardly three days in the country, by setting down Jeffers>oii ai d i 
Madi-^on as rascals ^o/r^ ^o /'/■uwce, and all the renublicans, at least two 
thinls, if not three iourths oi the people ot the United Slates as French 
partiians. 

He supports his positions with as much assu rv.<eas if he reallv under-j 
stood the nature of our government, the rights of all nations, and the in- 
terests of this ! though perhaps his who I knov ledge of politics has been 
o!)tained behind the counter of a wa. -mill ler's shop, or under the -.cienti- 
jJc iniiiience of SL dar/ier'j pole. Ask ma •,,) ou the. coTi-ttituiton of the Uni- 
ted States, and he will tell you Lunfiun is bigger than all the world ! Speak j 
to him of the rlg'its of neutral and independent nations, and he will say 
that St. Paul's chu ch is the largest in the universe ! mention the frei^dom. 
0f-mff';^!^2, and he will inform you how many lions there are in the Tow- 
or ! Say a word of the outrages committed by England upoir ^JS, and he 
will curse Bonaparte aud a:l his friends, as the biggest villains in creation. 
A more deipeniieiij .stnp'ul and ignorant set of men than are the warmly fe- 
deral Englishmen, were never let loose to earn a subsistence. 

There Is nothing qua^s their ignorance but their impudence ;.and, how- 
ever insignificant they must appear, they may serve as an iNDEX§^fo noiwi 
, t'j/tic'! waif the Mind Uniot. — ' Birds ofa feather — liock together '^ — and Eng- 
lish Federalists and Federal Englishmen have little otiier distinction be- 
tween them than the accident of birth. This rule will hold good from the 
•great Timotliy Pickaroon and Peter Plight, down to Samuel Liverless and 
the Knu^Iij/i larquaif. 

I have said that all these men work together for one common object .1 
prove my assertion thus — The king of Great Britain, by pu'-)lic proclama- ^ 
tion, invited the people of the United States to violate tiie laws of their 
country ; and the Pickering federalists, particularly to the Eastward, did 
the same thing. The Go ernor of Canada, pronounced the non-intercourse 
with Britain to be war — Senator Hillhouse, and others did so likewise : . 
both agreeing that we had no right to s ly with whom vvc would trade, anqt 
with whom we would not trade, if I can understand the meaning of the 
•king's English.' Cobhett said our go'.ernraent could not stand if the em- 
bargo remained — fed^ralsts said the same thing, and seemed willing to 
make /ti< words good. The governors of Canada and Nova Scotia pretend- 
ed to lament the impolicy of our government in continuing the embargo — 
federalists also uttered similar sentiments. Editors of British papers in 
Jjondon talked of French influence in our councils — so did the editors of 
British papers in America. Mr. Caniiing said tlie orders in council were 
founded on justice — so did Mr. Pickering. British orators in Parliament 
declared these orders to be retaliation^ on the decrees of France, and that * 
if America resisted the latter, the former would bfe r.bandoned — British or- 
ators in Congress said the same. The British Minister acknowledged we 
had made this resistance, by the non-intercourse law — and all the Federal 
pnnters in America joined the sentiment. The British minister expressed 
himself much grntifie J at the cordiality with which his propositions were 
received— all the Federalists in the United States poured their incense of 
praise/o,- it on the ch cf our government. 

Mr. C.iniijue^ diiiavows the whole arr-iD^emeat — .inj our frderallsts li.iulec] Lack their coounendations 
of MadiEon. .ind arc re.-idv tn .■swear he entered into those arrausements with Mr. Krskine, KVOWING 
'rHFCM TQ BE ;UNAUTHORSSEU * Cobbett earnestly desires us to declare war asajnst I Vaiice — Gov. 
Oore reeomineniled tiie matter to the Ijetnsl.iture of Massaehusetis. — Britain saj-s, that to support the 

just eause in wlugb shi; eaa^af^ed her maraiime reiTulatioos are indispensible the tories ot* Topsfield re- 

comuend an acquiescenee thereto, considering^ that Brihain is fiKLtint; for •' humanity, morals, relisioii and 
Jibe'ty." Britain wants American seamen ; and Americans consent tb-it • liis Majesty' shall have theoi 1 

I can trace the ' connection' between tliese folks much lODger, but the foregoins is enough. I will not 
tfatii^ue tJie reader with the disgusting siniilarity. 

1 have yit more interesting points to touch upon, partiejjl.ir'y the opposilion of the Federal jiJrfy t» (he 
promotion ot A . criniiii Mtiuofactures, v,tM\ sh.iH be djty nutittil. 



No . 14 — Great Britain vindicated arid justijied, 
A?nertca traduced and insultdd. 
The tories, in their own words as quotedj'Iiave so clearly pro* 
ved the justice of these charges against theni, as may alst) appear 
from many of the preceding remarks, thWt: I propose to dismiss 
the subject with simply observing, that S;he Federalists in the 
United States have justified many things Srhich the British min- 
istry themselves have acknowledged to be wrong ; and have 
abused the government of this tiountry for many measures in 
relation to Great Britain^ which her ablest statesmen declared 
were correctly adopted. I venture to say, that no impartial maa 
who has carefully perused the foregoing" extracts and remarks, 
can have one moment s hesitation as to the truth of these charge*. 
iVo, 15— British commerce and manufactures encouraged. 
American trade and manufactures degraded. 
Situated as the world is at present, to demonstrate an affirma- 
tive to either of those charges, stamps the seal of truth on them 
both ; and, as I am more fond of writing on American than oa 
British affairs, I will take up the latter. 

As, in the succeeding division of these general remarks, the 
orders in council will be briefly investigated and explained, as 
well in their origin as in their operation, I will concisely impress 
on the mind of the reader the leading features of the federal sen,- 
timent in regard to them, to shew in what manner they are wil- 
ling American trade should be degraded. 

The orders in council shut us out from a commerce with seven 
eighths of Europe. 

Members of the American congress calculated what was left 
to us ; advised us to relinquish what Britaiawas pleased to say 
we should not have, and pursue that remnant of trade she graci- 
ously condescended to permit us to enjoy, 

British m.inisterial writers have often urged the principle, that 
no sail should be seen on the ocean, save by permission of their 
government ; the orders in council, to a very considerable extent, 
established this principle. 

American citizens, high in the honors of their country, were 
willing to unfurl the American flag beneath such requisitions. 

It has often been said, that Dutch traders to Japan, are com- 
pelled to trample on the cross before they can have permission to 
buy or to sell ; and all the world have ex pressed their detesta- 
tion of the unhallowed deed ; which, without reference to any 
particular sect of christians, is meant and intended to shew the 
contempt of the traders for the religion of Christ. 

Our Federalists, to shew their love of gain, and their willing- 
ness to accede to the maritime regulations of Britain, had no ob- 
jection to place an order in council on the mast head, and beneath 
it displayed the thirteen stripes of a free, sovereign and indepen- 
dent nation. 

Captured vessels have the flags of the country to which they 
belonged, turned upside down, with the flag of the conquering 
nation plaesd aboye it 

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Our Federal ists,^;V^j^ re willing to carrj'- the mark of degradatioh 
without even a strjjggleto av^oid the ignotninj. 

The favorite sei]tuiicnt oFthe American sai or is---The Eagle > 
may she never desqrt on the ocean the pine top where she built 
her nest in the forest. 

The favorite sentiment of a Tory Federalist is— may the mast 
liead of the AmericAU ship be crowned by a Biitish order in 
council. 

It is said, the eagle' shall "pick out the eyes' of the wicked- — 
the American Eagle has good and sufficient cause to render the 
torieS as blind as tJiey are degenerate. 

But let us proceed, and eAaniine how, and in what manner,, 
American m an ui'ac Cure's hav'e been degraded by the Federalists ; 
on this point, I think their want of patriotism has been as evident 
as on any other. When 1 censure the party, for the reasons I 
shall hereafter adduce, i wish it expressly understoood on this, 
us on every other occasion, that exceptions oi individuals are al- 
ways understood : and while on this subject, I am happy to de- 
clare, (hat in Baltimore, many federal gentlemen are amongthe 
foremost in the establishment of various works which will tend 
to counteract the general design of their party— to wit -. of keep- 
ng us dependant on England for her manulactories. 

The embargo, however calumniated and abused, has been of 
immense service to the United States, distinct from any conside- 
ration of our relations in Europe. It has taught ur, our own re- 
tources against a time when we shall want them more than at 
^)rcsent. A most important and interesting investigation, of the 
capability of our country to manufacture various articles for our 
own use, began when the pecuniary resources of the people were 
abundant ; gathered from all parts of the world by an unprece- 
dented portion of the trade of all nations, which by their wars 
they were compelled to abandon lo us, as a neutral. About one 
half of the commerce we Ji,id for 15 years before the embargo, 
grew out of our neutral position. We were the carriers of the 
various goods and produce of the belligerents ; and supplied each 
of them with such things as they wanted. Hence the comnicice 
of the United States reached an extent far beyond what it could 
Ire expected long to maintain ; for peace will, someday, take 
place in Europe; and even now it seems certain, from various 
causes not necessary to mention at present, that the com- 
merce of this country will never be as great as it has been. 

In time of peace, the Ir^ide to Europe generally, left a balance 
ugainst us. The oldest documents 1 can oiler at this time res- 
pect the year 1 790 ; when the wiir had in some considerable de- 
t^ree added to our trade by giving us a portion of the carrying 
ijusinesss ; nol, however, to a tenth part of the extent we have 
aince possessed it. 

The total exports of the year ^tQ^{) weve about JS.OOO.OOOD. 

The total imports ol'manufuctured articles, tor the same year, 
were g*^*^^"'^*^"^^ ^^t 15,i;^.5,O00 ; of these we received from Eng- 



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iand alone the value of 14,000,000, leaving a balance in her favor 
againstusof 5,0,''i,O0uD ; say, of 6,000,U(/9- 

Our trade to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Sweden and France 
(the latter nearly as much as all the rest) Icit a balance in our 
favor of about die same svun. Denmark had a small balance 
against us, 

• Since that time our population has about doubled, and our. ex- 
ports have amounted to 1^0 millions; sixty or seventy millions 
of which were of foreign growth or manufacture ; and in propor- 
tion ha^s the balance in favor of Ji^ngiand, and against us been ad- 
vanced. I have no hesitation to say positively', that the last year- 
before the embargo, the balance of trade between Grcji,t-Britaiii 
and Ireland (sometimes comprehended, politically speakini*;, by 
the name of England alone) and the United States, was at least 
12 millions in I'avor of the former; which balance, from the in- 
crease of population, wealth and Iuxui:y in the United pState?, 
iTiust always he on the increase, while we are able to trade with 
with her, and do not manufactu.'c for ourselves. 

Here, it appears, v/e paid to England, say in cash, the amount 
of twelve millions per annum, over and above the amount of arti- 
Q'les she purchased from us. A very interesting enquiry now pre- 
sents ilself, and I hope every man will see its importance. How 
were we enabled to pay her this balance > 1 briefiy, bnt conclu- 
sively, answer the question, and say---by trading with thosa 
countries she now forbids us to trade with by her orders in coun- 
cil, we were not only enabled to pay her this balance^ but also to 
make a handsome additional balance for ourselves. 

To detail ail the i'acts on which the following epitome of our 
trade to Europe is founded, would require more loom than I can 
at present devote to the purpose. I am, however, satisfied, I can 
prove its correctness by official documents, and ostensible infers. 
ences from them, if the same is required : 

The Americans annually consume British manufactures to the 
amount of 13 millions over and beyond the amount of the arti- 
cles Great Britain consumes, or takes from us. 
This balance will necessarily increase while we are able to pay 
it, in exact proportion as the population and luxury of our 
country increases, unless counteracted. 
" Custom is second nature," and such manufactures as we have 

been used to consume, we must and will have. 
The menas by which we paid this enormous balance, are cut ofl 
by the orders in council, and will naturally fail us when a ge- 
neral peace shall take place in Europe, and its nations supply 
their own wants. 
It follows, that one year's endurance of the orders in council, or 
one year of general peace^, will actually drain our country of 
twelve millions of dollars, and put the same into the hands of 
the British rn^nufacturcrj^ it' we do not manufactitre ourselves ^ 
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]^urope will not consumiP more of o«r provisions or raw materia 
als when a peace shall take place, than she did before the war 
began. Her population has rather decreased than increased 
within the last twenty years ; while our capability to furnish 
her wantsj has increased in a quadruple proportion. Of con- 
sequence, American produce must be a mere drug, unless we 
contrive means to consume a portion of it within our- 
selves. 
How is this to be done ? 

By establishing manufactories as a case in point ; we have 

paid as much money for foreign liquors, as the whole value of 
our exports of -prH)visions, such as flour and grain, amount to ; 
if we distill our own liquors, and we can make them as good and 
as wholesome as any imported, the fanaer has instantly a mar- 
ket for his excess productions. 

It is an ascertained fact, that we can produce most manufac- 
tures from cotton, lead, iron and wool, as cheap and as good as 
they can be imported. The raw materials for the three first we 
have in abundance; ten years of patriotic and general attention 
to the latter by the citizens of the United States, from the na- 
ture of our country, would enable us to raise enough wool to 
supply half the world, without affecting the other pursuits of 
the farmer, 

These remarks, too concise (and necessarily imperfect) for 
the magnitude of the subject may, however, be sufficient to af- 
ford a glimpse of the importance of the article under discussion. 
I reiterate the assertion, that the laying of the embargo must be 
considered of immense service to tiie United States: it set the 
people to thinking about manufactures while the country was 
full of money ; before it was drained of the "essential oil" by 
which establishments for that purpose must be put in motion;, 
before a losing trade had despoiled our country of the capital we 
had created hy a generally prosperous commerce. 

Besides, the establishment of manufactures here, will not in- 
terfere with our foreign trade : the people of Europe, &c. will 
consume as much of our productions, if we do manufacture, as 
they will if we do not. 

So much can be said, and said usefully, on this subject, that I 
feel unwilling to quit it ; but it is time for me to notice the oppo- 
sition of the federalists to manufactures ; and, m their reasons 
for it, shew their abject devotion to England. 

" As a countervail too to our short-lived sacrifices, when 
these shall no longer be felt, we shall permanently retain the be- 
nefit they have prempted, of fabricating for our own use the 
materials ol' our own growth, heretofore carried to the work- 
houses of Europe, to be wrought and returned to us.' 

'I'hc preceding is extracted from Mr. .Jefi'erson's reply to an 
address of the Tammany Society of Baltimore, JNfay 23, 1809. 
'i'he society had expressed their pleasure to this illustrious man, 
%it the recoAciliation (as they supposed) with England. Mr, 



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Jefferson reiterated their sentiments, and then proceeded a,8 i'g 
al>OTc quoted. On several different occasions, he expressed 
himself in a similar manner. 

Any reasonable man would suppose that the devil himself 
could not torture this sentiment of Mr. Jetlierson into a crime 
against his country. And yet, I have to declare, that these 
expressions were loudly trumpeted through the Uuited States, 
as iuil evidence of Mr. Jefferson's hostility to commerce, and 
devotion to France ! as was the same sentiment whenever ex- 
pressed on different occasions. If I had time to examine a file of 
w^armly federal papers, I could produce fifty extracts to shew 
the hatred of the federalists to that man, because he would coun- 
tenance and encourage domestic manufactures. 

A £ew years since we heard much in the federal papers of the 
federalism of Col. Humphries, Col. Humphries introduced a 
number of Merino sheep into the United States ; has been inde- 
fatigable in his exertions to promote the raising of them among 
his fellow citizens, and embarked a large capital in the manu- 
facture of woollen cloths and cassimeres, which are found to yield 
a prodigious profit J and Col, Humphries has lost the regard of 
warmly federal printers ; some of whom have hinted their sus- 
picion of his being a * French partizan.* 

William Loughton Smith, of South Carolina, a gentleman of 
the most splendid talents, perhaps, the federal party ever possess- 
ed, was appointed by the ' South Carolina Homespun Company/ 
to deliver an oration when the corner stone of the house intended 
for the factory, was laid. He cheerfully complied with the re- 
quest of the company; and, in the course of his eloquent ha- 
rangue, toolc occasion to notice the existing state of our relations 
with foreign powers, as an inducement for perseverance in the 
work undertaken. Fcrr this, Mr. Loughton Smith, but lately an 
idol of the federal party, was denounced and abused in all the 
leading federal papers as an apostate ; and the boys who edit 
that sink of infamy, the Federal Republican, ' blasted' him for 
his sentiment. 

Of all the federal papers in the Unjted States, I know of but 
three which occasionally condescend to notice American ma- 
nufactures by way of encouraging them They are Poulson's 
paper in Philadelphia, the Federal Gazette at Baltimore, and 
Snowdehs Advertiser at Alexandria, which I acconnt for thus. 
Mr. Poulson's paper is much read by the quakers, has merely a 
federal cast, and is never warm on any subject whatever. Mr. 
Hewes still has more of the 'leven ol democracy' in his composi- 
tion than interest can entirely kill ; and the early opinions Jie 
imbibed respecting manufactures, in a place where it was the 
pride of the people to wear the work of their own hands, impels 
h'im occasionally, to devote a column a laudable to object. 

Mr. Snowden has chiefly entitled his paper to the honourable 
exception, by inserting articles on the management of sheep, 
<Sco. supposed to be done at the instigation of Mr. Guslis, a wor- 



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thy felative of the late jijeneral Washington ; who ha* loiig beett 
indefatigable in Jiis exertions to promote the independence of th&_ 
United States by appealing to the resources they present to is. 
Than in these tiarec papers 1 do not recollect to have seen the. 
least notice of the progress of manul'aetures, unless to announce 
some new discovery or cstablisliuient in the immediate vicinity 
of the place in whicii ihe federal paper was printed. 

1 think from these I'acts, and many others in corroboration 
which might be adduced, it must evidentlj' appear that the fede- 
Talists, as a party, are opposed to the introduction of domestic 
manufactures. This opposition has its natural origin ia their 
attachment to England, our trade witJi whom is of more impor- 
tance to the v/cll being of her guvci'nu'ient, thau most men do 
conceive. 

Of latter years we have imported from England, manufactur- 
ed goods to the value of 2-5 or 30 miliionsyeaily. On these goods 
Great Britain lays an immediate tax of 5 millions per annum, as 
well as a tax on the raw material from which tho cotton goods 
are chiefly fabricated. It is a fair presumption^ that from the 
goods we consume of British manu'acture, and tlie labour and 
employment such consumption gives to the people of Great Bri- 
tain, that tije government, (iirccily or indijcctly derives a re- 
venue of at least IS millions of duilara,per annum, besides the nu^ 
merous other advantages which manifestly result to that eoun- 
try, from so great a market ac> we present to her f 

Is it then wonderful thatthe friendsof Great Britain should be 
enemies of American maunfactures ? 

This article has extended to a length which forbids further 
remarks ; 1 think, imperfect as it h, it may aflbrd.much matter 
for profitable reflection. 1 hope some abler hand will take up 
the subject, and treat it in tiie manner its importance deserves. I 
know of none better calculated, at this time, to command the se- 
rious attention of my fellow citi;iens, the opinions of the fpdera 
lists to the contrary notwithstanding. 



t According to the late BritisJi tarifr*, or duties on American 
productiontj, the articles imported into Liverpool alone for the 
year 1S07, would alibrd a revenue to the Britii^h government of 
iiearly eleven njiliions of dollars (see livening I'ost of August 
20,) the presumption is, tliatallliie other ports would alibrd 
about the Bams sum •, say whole amount of British duties on 
American articles imported, L'] ,-''00,!;)pO dollars. A large part 
of these artieks ure inauulaclured and sent back to us ; the con- 
sumer must })uy the duty, live where he may ; on them is also 
levied a high export duty ; thus we pay doubled duties to Eng- 
land on English rjonufacturcd goods, at well as a duty to the 
United States on receiving them. The twelve millions might 
as well bea proh't ht;!'? tg our mauufactur^rs, as piu/'ed in the 
Britisl) treuBur> . 



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■No. 16. — British orders in council respected. 

American laws, regularly enauLcd, defied. 

To a correct understanding of the subject, perhaps it rnay be 
Siecessary to declare what an order in council is. An order in 
council is the supposed act of " his majesty," advised by his mi- 
jiiisters, and such other persons as he or they rnay see proper to 
call upon, Ibrming what is generally termed the ' pri%^y council/ 
These acts are unknown to the constitution ol* Kngland ; for 
' his majesty's ministers' were compelled to purchase the sanction 
of parliament before they could collect the tribute imposed on. 
the trade of America, by those of November 1S07. But these 
orders, against which even an Englishman had a right to pro- 
test, as soiiie did protest, were instanly acquiesced in by his 
ijiajesty s' more leigel subjects on this side the water, the leaders 
of the federal party. Timothy Pickering laboured several nigh/s 
and days in hunting up old papers, to prove, that according to 
the law of luitioijs, the mere will, or supposed will, of the king of 
■Qreat Britain, might bind the corimerce of America, in all cases 
whatsoever ; for such is the sum and substance of his celebrated 
speech in the senate of the United States respecting the 'rule of 
l7oj-,' if 1 can understand it. 

The embargo laws, also for the regulation of American trade, 
were enacted by the concurring voice of three fourths of an A- 
merican Congress, authorized by the coustituiiexx to pass such 
Jaws. How were they treated } The same men who heJIov^ed in 
favor of an order of George Guelph, excited resistance to the 
laws of their own representatives, sanctioned by the authority of 
their government, and rendered necessary by the peculiar cir- 
cumstances in which the country was placed by the contentioas 
-of the European nations, A reference to fnan}*- of the extracts 
-quoted, will test the truth of these assertions, i appeal einto the 
federalists themselves, for proofs of tbeir owa baseness ; lor their 
devotion to England, and hostility to the ia-nrs of their coud- 
try. 

The orders in council of November 1 1, 1807, (canlJ ieadehnre 
been carrird on under them) would have levied atribistr. Osi A- 
xnerican exports of from 10 to 11; millions of doSlars per aaaam- 
Dur own constitution ordains that con,£;rcs5 sliaji never L-iy a tax 
or duty on American exports; but iTie tories were wiliiii:^ to 
invest that power in the king of Great Britain, to aE anvoyac al- 
most equal to the whole of our revtiiuc I Lo«tk at !t £arme»ftof 
Maryland ! Is this federalism } Can any n? yoa syppoit saeft 
doctrines as these > I)ieadiul as they appear, they weiefertaisily 
■advocated by the party now abusing i;;c;ur:;-ai Smithy ih&t they 
may govern the politics of jVIaryland. 

'J'he continent cf Europe has always been i'iic .ijaiket tor otir Iq- 

bacco. The tax which Great Briiu'ri deojande^i iVor'. us fbr ii- 

■^erty to sell our tobacco there, amounted to near'-v ikrrjj ffiillioHS 

Gi dollars per year -, or, eight wacrgon lc:ids of rrecicus «shciv 

i-^-rtph waggorj carryi.n^ a tou, rerf:\ir:iic: f'vr: '^-; ■ 



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ty horses to draw it ! Calculate for yourselves, ray brethren i 
you will find I am correct. These eight waggon loads of dollars 
a year, did Great Britain demand of the tobacco-planters before 
she would permit our merchants to find a market for it ; and the 
federalists said it was right ! 

Do you not remember how they told you that if the 'cursed 
embargo' was off your tobacco would bring nine or ten dollars . 
per hundred, instead of three or four ? The embargo is ofi'; go 
to these men now and offer your tobacco at one half less than the}' 
said it would be worth, and see if they will give it ! My friends 
I am very sorry to say the federalists told you untruths and de- 
ceived you, in respect to these things. 

They said the embargo was laid atthe instigation ofBonaparte, 
But as soon as England offered us reasonable terms, the gov- 
ernment eagerly embraced them. Was there any 'French in- 
fluence' in this ? Look at it, I beseech you, and be convinced that 
the embargo grew out of the oppressions of England and France,, 
and not from the wish of our government. The stagnation of 
trade, caused by the decreesof the belligerents, which induced 
us to lay an embargo, was hard to be borne, but was easier en- »^ 
dured than as great a depression of business, with war and high 
taxes attached to it. Who does not think so ? 

Recollect what the federalists told you during the lastelec' 
tioneering campaign, and you will find them guilty of as palpa- 
ble falsehoods as any 1 have brought to memory by the extracts 
made from their works, and laid naked before you. Call to mind 
what they said in their hand-bills and speeches, and compare 
their assertions with the facts the republicans told you, and 
jud«'-e which party isbest fitted to directthe destinies of the state;,/ 
which is most honest. It is good to remember old things. Look 
back only one year ! : 

No. 17— B?-itish ministers treated most honorably, 
American ministers treated most rascally. 
On this concluding section of my remarks not much shall be 
suid ; I will simply observe, that Mr. Canning, in a very cquivo 
eal manner, as has before been observed, pronounced the ar- 
raneements whicli Mr. Erskine made to have been ' unauthoriz- 
ed,'"^and Mr. Madison, on the strength and solemnity of these en- j 
gagemeuts, did exercise the high power vested in him, of ab- 
solving Great Britain iVom the operation of the non-intercourse 
law. The assertion of the first, lame and incumbered as it was, 
was generally believed by the Federalists— the act of Mr. Madi- 
son, for which they praised him so much, was rendered by them, 
an infamous business. Head the foliov.'ing extract from the Fe- 
deral Hepublicun. 

" Our cabinet, certainly not a little interested in strengthen- 
ing the cause of democracy, have prevailed upon Mr. Erskme to 
do an act which has extricated their party from the most cmbar- 
raasing and difficult situation that it was possible for them to be 
placed in. 



wiiich they [the cabinet] knftw would not be ratlffed, they at a 
single dash, rid themselves of all the obnoxious ineasarcB wliicli 
brought so much ridicule and disgrace Upon their partj, and have 
contrived for a time, to heap odium upon i'^ngland. in the next 
place by seeming to improve the first opportunity of an arrange^ 
ment with England, they disproved to appearanoo the charge oC 
animosity to England and partiality for France. 

*' These were the important advantages which Mr. Seerctary 
Smith flattered himself would be the fi uit of hi* ©unning By 
affecting an arrangement which he knew Was unauthorised o« 
the part of Mr. Erskinc, and would necessarily be rejected by 
the British government ; he calculated that the adninistratidJt 
would be rendeced greatly popular, and the reaentment of the 
people proportion ably augmented against Knglaad, whtneref 
^ihe disavowal should be received. VVhenerer it shall be maifi* 
to appear that the nation has been deceivsd, the triek will ro<> 
floll upon the Secretary and his party with tenfold ©tTcet. Tii9 
American people cannot bear knavery and imposition. If they 
discover that a fraud has been practised upon them at home thi^ 
attempt to raise a clamour against dthers, will bo found bul ^ 
\^%oor protection to their popularity.'* 

^M ^ItM ia£a^^ ^ ^i^;«« i disdain tio m«k« % eonmftei 



ADDRESS: 

Of the prcfilgacy, the turpitude and hypocrlfy of 'the 
leaders of the Federal party, in the times that have paft, I 
ffiall fay nothing — thcfe things bcin^ clearly demonilrated 
from rheir own icorks. I v.iili, however, to fay a few 
vrords on the prefent proceed. ngs ofihe party in iVIarjr- 
lan i. 

Trembling- to approach the bar of public reafon on the 
^-^f/j of their own principles^ the Federaliils direct their 
■whole force at a fmgle individual of the republican party. 
It is ufelefs to fay, tliat Gen. S, Smith is the object of their 
wnceafing, calumny. Why do they not fpeak to the peo- 
y>\r on tht I'lejfvws of Federdijm ? Why not fhout yet more 
of * French influence V Why not tell us of the ^ honor 
and ma^nsniniity' of the Britilh cabinet, and the depravily 
of the American frovernment ? — But theje things vjint do, 
7 he people have found out the truth of the matter, and 
^vii'i not igain be decdved. They remember the host of 
Jcdichoods the Federa'ifts advanced refpe6ling, the embargo j 
they recollect the clamor of the lawyers refpecting trade ; 
I hey were led aUray by the unbkifhing effrontery of the 
* British party in Ameiica,' and cannot be dupey again by 
f he old msani^ 

To divert 'l.ern from the faife tlieories and worfe prnc« 
tices ofihe fcderaiiftf, ihe cpf ofiti en party ^ heap mountains; 
«f abwfe on Gener;d Smith. fFhat hath he done ? If Gtn, 
^^mith, like Timothy Pickering, had maintained that the 
BritiOi orders in council were founded on juftice, and advif- 
cd us to SUBMIT to them, who can believe that he would 
iiave been abufed by the Federalijis ? Had he reprobet- 
<'d the embarf!o, fpin-ned at the noh-ir.tercoufe, and, ir.- 
/>tad of fupportiDg, cppolcd the gcvernmen, theje crea- 

fures, v.'ould havf. prai-ed him to the'fkies. r-They woulc^ 

'.o: have trumped up old (loiles cf ten cr eleven yea s 
flanding to ruin his char.i(51;er, A'^tU'/;;^, th^t at the time 
they were /;:/fpromu'g;ue'l, the pcxple irounounecd them 
fai/b' Jiand^{<^us^ny\mal{ck^» ' 



Thr citizens of Baltimore have long be en acqnainti^ 
with the career of Gen. Smith ; they have heard all th© 
fakehcod^ now circulating aboufhim, over and over again 
—they know his ftanding as a merchant - his worth as a 
politician and his virtue as a man. Ihey have had tha 
beil opportunity of afcertaining his foibles, or eftimating 
his virtues: and obit of the 90CO votes the city and coun- 
ty contain all the artj ingenuity, and induftry offedcralifm, 
could not mufter 1700 againft him, if a candidate far any 
ofllce in the immediate gift of the people j the citizens of 
Baltimore DO KNOW that Smith is hated by Tories he* 
iauje he is a Wh i g, and that his private charafter is hon- 
orable to himfelf, and as an example, ufeful to others. 

Having written fo much on this fubject, I haste to clofe 
with this simple request-^ — that my fellow-citizens of Ma- 
ryland, at a distance from Baltimore, who have not good 
opportunities of obtaining correct information on ' things 
as they are,' may not fuffcr themfelves to be DIVERTED 
from the glorious principles g( Republicanism by the ungeH*. 
tlemanly and false accufations against Gen. Smith. Let it be 
impressed on your minds, that was Smith a tory he would 
be accounted by these very men as among the best of his 
species—and that while they pretend to strike at him tht' 
* blow it is intended to fall upon veu. Guard the RIGHT 
OF SUFFRAGE — vote for no man who would wish to 
deprive you of the priviledge of voting — and, remsmbe^i what 
kind of government the federalijls gave you a hw years 
•since.—WHEN, TO PRESERVE YOUR OWN LI, 
BERTIFS, YOU V/EkE FORCED TO KICK THEM 
our OF POWER. 



